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Migration & asylum › Legal migration
Decisions about work permits, talent partnerships, family reunification or long-term residence for non-EU nationals.
2 subjects in 2 sittings · 2 adopted, 0 rejected · Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
New laws 2
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Latest decisions
- Establishing an EU talent pool
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The EU talent pool is a proposed EU-wide platform to match jobseekers from non-EU countries with employers in the Union. Parliament adopted its position on the law, backing the proposal with amendments. The position calls on the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends the proposal.
Migration & asylumJobs, social affairs & equality
10 Mar 2026 · New laws · report by Abir Al-Sahlani · 1st reading · 56 ballots · voted 13:14 · A-10-2025-0045 · 2023/0404
Adopted 414–182–21 · by a large majority - Establishing an EU talent pool
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The EU talent pool is a proposed EU-wide platform to match jobseekers from non-EU countries with employers in the Union. Parliament adopted its position on the law, backing the proposal with amendments. The position calls on the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends the proposal.
Migration & asylumJobs, social affairs & equality
3 Apr 2025 · New laws · report by Abir Al-Sahlani · 1st reading · voted 13:09 · A-10-2025-0045 · 2023/0404
Adopted 327–229–50 · by a clear majority
Dossiers involved · latest vote first
- 2023/0404 Establishing an EU talent pool 10 Mar 2026 · 2 votes
Who backs what
How each group's majority voted on the 2 most recent final A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. votes about legal migration.
With the result = share of these votes where the group's position matched the outcome (For an adopted text, Against a rejected one). The other columns count the votes by the group's position; Split = no position had a majority among its members. Non-attached members have no group line.
| Group | With the result | For | Against | Abstained | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left · democratic socialism, communism. Founded 1995 (as GUE; “The Left” since 2021) | 0 % | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Centre-left · green politics, regionalism. Founded 1999 | 100 % | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre-left · social democracy. Founded 1953 (as Socialist Group; S&D since 2009) | 100 % | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism. Founded 2019 (successor of ALDE, 1976) | 100 % | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism. Founded 1953 (as Christian Democratic Group) | 100 % | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical. Founded 2009 | 0 % | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Far-right · national conservatism, right-wing populism. Founded July 2024 | 0 % | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Far-right · ultranationalism. Founded July 2024 | 0 % | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The latest final votes, group by group
Each group's majority position: For, Against, Abstained, or Split. — = the group did not vote.
| Decision | Left · democratic socialism, communism. Founded 1995 (as GUE; “The Left” since 2021) | Centre-left · green politics, regionalism. Founded 1999 | Centre-left · social democracy. Founded 1953 (as Socialist Group; S&D since 2009) | Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism. Founded 2019 (successor of ALDE, 1976) | Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism. Founded 1953 (as Christian Democratic Group) | Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical. Founded 2009 | Far-right · national conservatism, right-wing populism. Founded July 2024 | Far-right · ultranationalism. Founded July 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Establishing an EU talent pool 10 Mar 2026 · adopted | Split | For | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against |
| Establishing an EU talent pool 3 Apr 2025 · adopted | Against | For | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against |