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What Parliament decided

Adopted Adopted by a large majority

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

For 432 Against 155 Abstained 82

Final vote — text as a whole at 13:00 · 65% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

Who backed it
  • The Left ✓
  • Verts/ALE ✓
  • S&D ✓
  • Renew ✓
  • PPE ✓
  • ECR –
  • PfE ✗
  • ESN ✗
  • NI ~

Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.

✦ What this vote decides · AI summary, based on the text voted on

Parliament adopted a resolution on the future of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) after 2027. The text sets out Parliament's position on how the fund should be shaped, including a call to double its budget. It asks the Commission to keep the ESF+ as a standalone fund and not merge or split it with other funds.

How the vote unfolded · 13 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 11 parts of the text voted on separately (9 adopted, 2 rejected).

Roll call requested by PfE · split votes by Members (4).

adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

All 13 ballots in voting order
1. Amendment 1 12:58 A10-0014/2025 – Marit Maij – Alternative motion for a resolution – Am 1 requested by PfE
Rejected
2. Paragraph 17 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘Underlines that horizontal principles, such as gender equality, anti-discrimination based on sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, nationality, or racial or ethnic origin, and freedom of movement, should be integral to the ESF+;’ requested by Members
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
3. Paragraph 17 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘stresses the importance of an intersectional approach throughout the entire development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the fund;’ requested by Members
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
4. Paragraph 21 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘Stresses that the ESF+ should invest in projects targeting women’s employment and the social and economic inclusion of women, with special attention to single mothers and female-headed households; insists that the ESF+ supports women who are in vulnerable situations and need extra support to (re)integrate in societies and the labour market, including women who are victims of gender-based violence, including economic violence;’ requested by Members
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
5. Paragraph 21 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘calls for a cross-cutting gender approach along the ESF+;’ requested by Members
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
6. Separate vote on paragraph 24
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
7. Paragraph 33 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘for a directive on the right to disconnect and teleworking rules, a directive on AI in the workplace and a Directive on psychosocial risks and well-being at work, as well as increased funding’” requested by Members
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
8. Paragraph 33 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by Members
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Rejected
9. Paragraph 41 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘calls, further, for more effective social conditionalities in rules on public procurement and concessions;’” requested by Members
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
10. Paragraph 41 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by Members
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Rejected
11. Separate vote on recital J
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
12. Separate vote on recital K
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
13. Final vote — text as a whole 13:00 A10-0014/2025 – Marit Maij – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Adopted

Part of the sitting of Tuesday, 11 March 2025. The vote was taken on Report A-10-2025-0014 in procedure 2024/2077.

New here? How plenary voting works
A sitting
One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
The ballots
Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
Who voted how
Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
Document & procedure
Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
Group badges
How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).

Codes in ballot labels

  • Am 27 — amendment 27
  • § 5 — paragraph 5
  • § 5/2, part 2 — a , taken in parts
  • Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
  • ***I — ; *** — ; * —
  • Lapsed —
  • A10-… — committee report; B10-… — motion
  • RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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