Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. Own-initiative report First reading
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 12 March 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 28 November 2024
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 19 February 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 27 February 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 12 March 2025
- ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Maravillas ABADÍA JOVER PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Idoia MENDIA S&DMEP #256855 PfEMarlena MALĄG ECRHristo PETROV RenewBenedetta SCUDERI Verts/ALEKathleen FUNCHION The Left
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0032/2025 12 March 2025 ✦ This resolution sets out Parliament's employment and social priorities for the 2025 European Semester, calling for stronger implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and its 2030 targets.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0023/2025 27 February 2025 ✦ The report sets out Parliament's employment and social priorities for the 2025 European Semester, calling for stronger implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and its 2030 targets.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (EMPL) 3 December 2024 ✦ This draft report concerns the European Semester for economic policy coordination, focusing on employment and social priorities for 2025. It calls for implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights, addressing housing, mental health, work-life balance, demographic challenges, and reducing bureaucratic barriers for SMEs.
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The adopted text removes several calls for new EU legislation or binding measures, including on AI in the workplace, psychosocial risks, housing regulation, and minimum income. It also deletes references to social partners' involvement, migrant workers' role, and minimum wage monitoring, and shortens calls on homelessness and health coverage. Paragraphs on work-life balance and demography are reordered and slightly rephrased. The other changes are formal: decimal commas are used in figures. see the changes →
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 12 March 2025 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a small majorityFor 351 Against 260 Abstained 70
Final vote — text as a whole at 12:28 · 52% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 83 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on paragraph 1RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Separate vote on paragraph 2RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Separate vote on paragraph 3RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted5. Separate vote on paragraph 4RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Separate vote on paragraph 4AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded7. Separate vote on paragraph 4AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted9. Separate vote on paragraph 7RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded10. Separate vote on paragraph 7AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejectedAdopted13. Separate vote on paragraph 12AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded14. Separate vote on paragraph 12AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded15. Separate vote on paragraph 13RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded16. Separate vote on paragraph 13AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded17. Separate vote on paragraph 13RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded18. Separate vote on paragraph 14RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded19. Separate vote on paragraph 14AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded20. Separate vote on paragraph 14AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded21. Separate vote on paragraph 15AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded22. Separate vote on paragraph 15AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded23. Separate vote on paragraph 16AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded24. Separate vote on paragraph 16Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded25. Separate vote on paragraph 16Adoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded26. Separate vote on paragraph 16Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded27. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 16RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdoptedAdoptedRejected31. Separate vote on paragraph 19RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded32. Separate vote on paragraph 19AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejected34. Separate vote on paragraph 22RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded35. Separate vote on paragraph 23AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejected37. Separate vote on paragraph 24RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded38. Separate vote on paragraph 24Adoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recordedAdoptedAdoptedRejected42. Separate vote on paragraph 28RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded43. Separate vote on paragraph 29AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted45. Separate vote on paragraph 30RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded46. Separate vote on paragraph 31AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded47. Separate vote on paragraph 31AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejectedAdopted50. Separate vote on paragraph 31Adoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recordedAdopted52. Separate vote on paragraph 32Adoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded53. Separate vote on paragraph 33AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded54. Separate vote on paragraph 33AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded55. Separate vote on paragraph 33AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded56. Separate vote on paragraph 33AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded57. Separate vote on paragraph 33Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded58. Separate vote on paragraph 35RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded59. Separate vote on paragraph 37RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded60. Separate vote on paragraph 37RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded61. Separate vote on paragraph 42RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded62. Separate vote on paragraph 43Adoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded63. Separate vote on paragraph 45Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded64. Separate vote on paragraph 52Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded65. Separate vote on paragraph 53AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded66. Separate vote on paragraph 53AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded67. Separate vote on paragraph 53AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded68. Separate vote on paragraph 53AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded69. Separate vote on recital DAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded70. Separate vote on recital DAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded71. Separate vote on recital DAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded72. Separate vote on recital EAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded73. Separate vote on recital ERejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded74. Separate vote on recital JRejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded75. Separate vote on recital RAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded76. Separate vote on recital RAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded77. Separate vote on recital SAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded78. Separate vote on recital SAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded79. Separate vote on recital XAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded80. Separate vote on recital AERejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded81. Separate vote on recital AFRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded82. Separate vote on recital AHRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded83. Final vote — text as a whole 12:28 A10–0023/2025 – Maravillas Abadía Jover – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 12 March 2025 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 5 March 2025 17 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 27 February 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 19 February 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 9 January 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 3 December 2024 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 28 November 2024 Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.