3New EU laws·decision 3 of 10 on Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
Committee report by Li Andersson · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · voted at 13:56
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Parliament approved the Commission's proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the member states. This means Parliament adopted its position on the proposed law, which sets out employment policy guidelines for member states. Parliament asks the Council to notify it if the Council intends to depart from the text Parliament approved, and to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend that text.
How the vote unfolded · 14 ballots
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 13 parts of the text voted on separately (11 adopted, 2 rejected).
split votes by ESN · separate votes by ESN.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 14 ballots in voting order
1.Vote on text inserted after recital 1
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
2.Separate vote on recital 3A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
3.Separate vote on recital 4A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
4.Recital 5 — part 1 of 2Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age, of 25 January 2023 on’”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
5.Recital 5 — part 2 of 2Part 2: “those words”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
6.Separate vote on recital 6A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
7.Separate vote on recital 7A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
8.Separate vote on recital 8A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
9.Separate vote on recital 13A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
10.Vote on text inserted after recital 13
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
11.Separate vote on recital 14A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
12.Separate vote on recital 15A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
13.Separate vote on recital 16A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ESN
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
14.Final vote13:56A10-0160/2025 – Li Andersson – Commission proposal to the Council
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 A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another., taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.; *** — Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.; * — Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Lapsed — Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.