7Budget & emergency funds·decision 7 of 10 on Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper – Finland
Committee report by Aura Salla · voted at 13:41
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
Parliament considered a proposal to use the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to help workers dismissed in the paper industry in the Finnish regions of Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa. Parliament approved the use of the fund, which means a financial contribution of EUR 1 102 560 is made available to support 351 dismissed workers in returning to the labour market. The money covers 60 % of the total costs of the measures, which include job-search training and career coaching, vocational training, help with starting a business, wage subsidies and mobility allowances. Parliament also called on the Finnish authorities to take measures against social inequality and structural barriers and to tailor support to the needs and profiles of the workers concerned, such as age, gender and level of education.
How the vote unfolded · 4 ballots
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 parts of the text voted on separately (3 rejected).
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 4 ballots in voting order
1.Vote on text inserted after paragraph 4
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
2.Vote on text inserted after paragraph 6
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
3.Separate vote on paragraph 7
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
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.