Skip to content
2 New EU laws ·decision 2 of 20 on Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Amending of Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges

· voted at 13:23

Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.

Adopted 370 for · 268 against · 16 abstained (57 % in favour) EU budget & fundsJobs, social affairs & equalityCohesion & regional fundsSocial protection & poverty

What Parliament decided

Adopted Urgent procedure agreed

Parliament agreed to deal with the proposal by urgent procedure, without a committee report first; the vote on the text itself comes later.

For 370 Against 268 Abstained 16

Request for urgent procedure at 13:23 · 57% 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 Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D and ESN.

Roll call requested by The Left.

Part of the sitting of Wednesday, 7 May 2025.

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

All the terms used on this site