5 Resolutions & reports ·decision 5 of 5 on Thursday, 13 March 2025

Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights

Motion for a resolution · voted 12:13–12:18

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

Adopted Jobs, social affairs & equality Employment & workers’ rights

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What Parliament decided

Adopted Adopted

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Final vote — text as a whole — decided by show of hands; no counts were recorded.

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on protecting jobs and workers' rights during company restructuring, covering social dialogue, training, and support for affected sectors. The text calls for a competitive European industrial policy with investment, quality jobs, and strong public services, while ensuring a fair transition to a green and digital economy. MEPs stress the need to involve trade unions and workers in restructuring decisions and to provide upskilling and reskilling opportunities.

How the vote unfolded · 60 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 58 parts of the text voted on separately (46 adopted, 9 rejected, 3 lapsed). 1 alternative motion lapsed once the text was adopted.

Roll call requested by S&D · split votes by Renew (2), PPE (7), ECR (13) · separate votes by PPE, ECR.

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 60 ballots in voting order

1. Paragraph 1 — part 1 of 3 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and meet climate targets’ and ‘and climate neutral’” requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

2. Paragraph 1 — part 2 of 3 Part 2: ‘and meet climate targets’ requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

3. Paragraph 1 — part 3 of 3 Part 3: ‘and climate neutral’ requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

4. Separate vote on paragraph 2 requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Rejected

5. Separate vote on paragraph 2 requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

6. Separate vote on paragraph 2 requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

7. Separate vote on paragraph 2 requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

8. Paragraph 3 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Highlights that the delivery of a European industrial policy for quality jobs requires the full involvement of social partners and needs to be implemented through social dialogue and collective bargaining; calls on the Commission to present an ambitious quality jobs roadmap and to implement the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights;” requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

9. Paragraph 3 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “calls on the Commission to ensure the full involvement and consultation of social partners in the design and implementation of the upcoming European clean industrial deal and to include the overall objective of ensuring job quality and stability at EU level;” requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

10. Paragraph 5 — part 1 12:13 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/1 Part 1: ‘Urges the Commission in the context of the forthcoming revision of the European Public Procurement Directive to further promote collective bargaining and the use of the social clause, and preferential treatment for companies whose workers are covered by collective agreements;’ requested by ECR, PPE requested by S&D

Adopted

11. Paragraph 5 — part 2 12:14 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/2 Part 2: ‘calls on the Commission to strengthen the social clause and’ requested by ECR, PPE requested by S&D

Rejected

12. Paragraph 5 — part 3 12:14 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/3 Part 3: ‘underlines that contracting authorities must exclude from public tenders economic operators that have engaged in criminal activities’ requested by ECR, PPE requested by S&D

Adopted

13. Paragraph 5 — part 4 12:14 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/4 Part 4: ‘or activities to disrupt or weaken collective bargaining or trade union organisations, such as union busting’ requested by ECR, PPE requested by S&D

Rejected

14. Paragraph 5 — part 5 12:14 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/5 Part 5: ‘maintains that public procurement should strategically strengthen corporate social responsibility;’ requested by ECR, PPE requested by S&D

Adopted

15. Paragraph 5 — part 6 12:14 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/6 Part 6: ‘considers, furthermore, that no EU financial support should go to undertakings that do not comply with the applicable working and employment conditions and/or employer obligations resulting from EU or national labour law or the relevant collective agreements;’ requested by ECR, PPE requested by S&D

Adopted

16. Paragraph 5 — part 7 12:14 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/7 Part 7: ‘believes that this support should also be used to promote European industrial competiveness and the creation of quality jobs in the EU and promote collective bargaining and compliance with EU and national labour rights and laws, including decent working conditions; calls for EU funding and State aid by Member States to be aligned with a European industrial policy, in order to offer high-quality jobs, promote collective bargaining, respect of EU labour rights and standards, improve the competitiveness of European businesses and ensure improved working conditions;’ requested by ECR, PPE requested by S&D

Adopted

17. Paragraph 6 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘zero-emission transport,’” requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

18. Paragraph 6 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

19. Paragraph 8 — part 1 of 6 Part 1: ‘Acknowledges that achieving digital and green objectives will create opportunities and might at the same time require transformations or restructuring processes in many sectors; stresses that social dialogue in the anticipation and management of these processes is essential to safeguard and create quality jobs and manage unavoidable job losses with enough support and can contribute to achieving a climate-neutral economy that sustains its social, economic and environmental standards; highlights that restructuring processes must respect fundamental workers’ rights, such as the right of information and consultation;’ without the words: ‘and green’ and ‘and can contribute to achieving a climate-neutral economy that sustains its social, economic and environmental standards;’ requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

20. Paragraph 8 — part 2 of 6 Part 2: ‘and green’ requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

21. Paragraph 8 — part 3 of 6 Part 3: ‘and can contribute to achieving a climate-neutral economy that sustains its social, economic and environmental standards;’ requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

22. Paragraph 8 — part 4 of 6 Part 4: ‘calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to reinforce and promote collective bargaining and work to increase the collective bargaining coverage to at least 80 % in all Member States, in full respect of the autonomy of the social partners and of the right of collective bargaining;’ without the words: ‘and work to increase the collective bargaining coverage to at least 80 % in all Member States’ requested by ECR, PPE

electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded

Adopted

23. Paragraph 8 — part 5 of 6 Part 5: ‘and work to increase the collective bargaining coverage to at least 80 % in all Member States’ requested by ECR, PPE

electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded

Rejected

24. Paragraph 8 — part 6 of 6 Part 6: ‘emphasises that workers should be beneficiaries of restructuring, including when they transfer to a new equivalent job within their current firm or sector, or as they reskill to transfer to a job in a future-proof sector, all while being adequately assisted and compensated;’ requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

25. Paragraph 11 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘a clean industrial deal and’” requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

26. Paragraph 11 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

27. Separate vote on paragraph 12 requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

28. Separate vote on paragraph 12 requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

29. Separate vote on paragraph 12 requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

30. Separate vote on paragraph 12 requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

31. Paragraph 13 — part 1 12:16 B10-0143/2025 – § 13/1 Part 1: ‘Is alarmed that European company law provisions, as well as their interpretation in some legal cases, are creating loopholes and are enabling the circumvention of mandatory national board-level participation rules;’ requested by Renew, PPE requested by ECR requested by S&D

Adopted

32. Paragraph 13 — part 2 12:16 B10-0143/2025 – § 13/2 Part 2: ‘reiterates its call to introduce a new framework directive on workers’ right to information, consultation and participation for European companies, in order to establish minimum standards for information, consultation and participation for those company forms, in particular at company level;’ requested by Renew, PPE requested by ECR requested by S&D

Rejected

33. Paragraph 14 — part 1 of 5 Part 1: ‘Emphasises that one of the most effective ways to prevent the need for restructuring is through the proactive anticipation and management of change through collective bargaining and information and consultation;’ requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

34. Paragraph 14 — part 2 of 5 Part 2: ‘calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a directive for a just transition in the world of work to inter alia strengthen democracy at work with regards to measures concerning climate change, the digital transformation and restructuring, as well as the anticipation and management of change;’ requested by ECR, PPE

electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded

Rejected

35. Paragraph 14 — part 3 of 5 Part 3: ‘urges the Member States to ensure the right to training for all workers free of cost and during working hours, to ensure quality upskilling or reskilling, life-long learning, employee training and career development support; points out that upskilling and reskilling should be prioritised as far as possible before job cuts are considered;’ without the words: ‘to ensure the right to training for all workers free of cost and during working hours,’ requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

36. Paragraph 14 — part 4 of 5 Part 4: ‘to ensure the right to training for all workers free of cost and during working hours,’ requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Rejected

37. Paragraph 14 — part 5 of 5 Part 5: ‘notes that, when job-to-job transition is necessary, transition to a strategic or growth sector should be promoted while allowing workers sufficient time for adjustment, while providing the necessary support to facilitate the transition and avoiding workers’ financial losses;’ requested by ECR, PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Rejected

38. Separate vote on paragraph 15 requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

39. Paragraph 16 — part 1 12:18 B10-0143/2025 – § 16/1 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘calls on the Commission and’ (second occurrence)” requested by Renew, PPE requested by S&D

Adopted

40. Paragraph 16 — part 2 12:18 B10-0143/2025 – § 16/2 Part 2: ‘calls on the Commission and’ (second occurrence) requested by Renew, PPE requested by S&D

Adopted

41. Paragraph 16 — part 3 12:18 B10-0143/2025 – § 16/3 Part 3: ‘the Member States to put in place mechanisms that help to avoid forced redundancies, such as temporary support programmes to protect employment during transitions, avoiding the loss of strategic industrial capacity and skilled workforces;’ requested by Renew, PPE requested by S&D

Adopted

42. Paragraph 16 — part 4 12:18 B10-0143/2025 – § 16/4 Part 4: ‘such as income support’ requested by Renew, PPE requested by S&D

Adopted

43. Separate vote on paragraph 17 requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

44. Separate vote on paragraph 18 12:18 B10-0143/2025 – § 18 requested by PPE, ECR requested by S&D

Adopted

45. Separate vote on paragraph 19 requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

46. Recital A — part 1 of 3 Part 1: ‘whereas the transition to a green, digital and competitive European economy is necessary to maintain the European social model, but can itself only be achieved if people are sufficiently protected from the potential adverse social consequences of major economic changes;’ without the word ‘green’ requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

47. Recital A — part 2 of 3 Part 2: ‘green’ requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

48. Recital A — part 3 of 3 Part 3: ‘whereas protecting the environment and climate is imperative for long-term prosperity and well-being;’ requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

49. Recital B — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘whereas social dialogue, collective bargaining and strong trade union involvement are essential for ensuring workers’ information and consultation rights during restructuring processes; whereas workers’ involvement through information-sharing, consultation and participation in company decision-making processes is more important than ever to ensure a fair and just transition, competitiveness, and the economic growth of companies and to protect jobs and workers’ collective interests, such as decent working conditions, fair wages and equal treatment; whereas the just transition is about supporting social justice and upward social convergence and ensuring fair burden-sharing, while safeguarding a sustainable, resource-efficient and competitive economy,’ requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

50. Recital B — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘reaching climate neutrality and fighting climate change;’ requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

51. Recital D — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘whereas only 40 % of European trade unions report having sufficient resources to represent workers effectively during restructuring processes; whereas trade union representatives trained in restructuring negotiations are 50 % more effective in preserving jobs; whereas, according to Eurofound, a lack of resources and skills, as well as time, have been identified as a key obstacle for social partner engagement in shaping the just transition, particularly at the local and regional levels;’ requested by PPE

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

52. Recital D — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘whereas the capacity of European Works Councils to influence restructuring processes is found to be limited and needs to be further strengthened;’ requested by PPE

electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded

Adopted

53. Recital E — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘whereas it is essential to ensure job creation and decent working conditions, supporting the transition to a sustainable and profitable economy, long-term economic viability and environmental sustainability; whereas the transformation of our industrial base provides an opportunity to strengthen European autonomy, reverse deindustrialisation, create secure and stable jobs and help us meet climate and environmental targets, while protecting workers’ rights and people at the heart of a social Europe;’ requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

54. Recital E — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘whereas retraining funding for workers made redundant as a result of large-scale restructuring has been provided through the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, benefitting thousands of European workers;’ requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

55. Recital G — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘green and’” requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

56. Recital G — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

57. Separate vote on recital I requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Rejected

58. Separate vote on recital I requested by ECR

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

59. Final vote — text as a whole Motion for a resolution (as a whole)

— no individual positions recorded

Adopted

60. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0152/2025

— no individual positions recorded

Part of the sitting of Thursday, 13 March 2025. The vote was taken on Motion B-10-2025-0143 in procedure 2024/2829.

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