Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.
Where it stands: Parliament gave its opinion on 8 October 2025. The Council takes the final decision.
- ✓ Referred to committee 8 September 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 4 September 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 10 September 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 8 October 2025
- 5 Adopted by the Council
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 Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Li ANDERSSON 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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. 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
- 8 October 2025 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 412 Against 129 Abstained 98
Final vote at 13:56 · 64% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 14 ballots in voting order
1. Vote on text inserted after recital 1RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Separate vote on recital 3AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Separate vote on recital 4AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded4. Separate vote on recital 5AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded5. Separate vote on recital 5AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Separate vote on recital 6AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded7. Separate vote on recital 7AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded8. Separate vote on recital 8AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded9. Separate vote on recital 13AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded10. Vote on text inserted after recital 13RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded11. Separate vote on recital 14AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded12. Separate vote on recital 15AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded13. Separate vote on recital 16AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted - 1 October 2025 2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 10 September 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 8 September 2025 Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
- 4 September 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.