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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch

Effect
Passed
Result
601 for · 47 against · 17 abstained roll call
Date
22 October 2024, 13:11
Kind
Budget decision
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2024-0009
Dossier
2024/0226(BUD)
Source
Committee report by Michalis Hadjipantela
Topics
Jobs, social affairs & equalityEU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
5 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 22 October 2024
Final vote
169885
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 601 for, 47 against, 17 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

The budget decision was approved.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 parts of the text voted on separately (4 rejected).

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by ESN.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 43Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 51Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 123Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 65Against 6Abst. 0No vote 6 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.87
EPPFor 172Against 1Abst. 0No vote 15 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 58Against 9Abst. 7No vote 4 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.68
PatriotsFor 70Against 6Abst. 6No vote 4 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.78
ESNFor 0Against 20Abst. 2No vote 3 of 25Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
No groupFor 19Against 5Abst. 2No vote 4 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Diego SOLIER changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 37

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria180021.00
Belgium190300.80
Bulgaria113030.68
Cyprus5001—
Czechia174000.71
Germany7315080.74
Denmark122010.79
Estonia5101—
Spain522060.94
Finland131010.89
France750510.91
Greece171210.78
Croatia100021.00
Hungary191010.93
Ireland120021.00
Italy710051.00
Lithuania8012—
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8010—
Malta4002—
Netherlands235030.73
Poland483110.88
Portugal170220.84
Romania230280.88
Sweden137010.47
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia132000.80

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.

All votes on this decision, 5

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Separate vote on paragraph 4 Show of hands Rejected
2Separate vote on recital B Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on recital C Show of hands Rejected
4Separate vote on recital F Show of hands Rejected
5Final vote — text as a whole A10-0009/2024 – Michalis Hadjipantela – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call601 for, 47 against, 17 abstained Adopted
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on recital B Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on recital C Show of hands Rejected
4Separate vote on recital F Show of hands Rejected
5Final vote — text as a whole A10-0009/2024 – Michalis Hadjipantela – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call601 for, 47 against, 17 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2024-0009

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Parliament approved the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers to support former Match-Smatch supermarket employees in Belgium.

The decision releases EU funding for tailored measures such as training, business creation support and allowances to help 365 redundant workers back into jobs.

Parliament agreed with the Commission that Belgium meets the conditions for the contribution.

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Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers with EUR 2 661 564 for Belgium to support 365 former Match-Smatch workers in Wallonia.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0226(BUD) · Budgetary procedure

Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support workers made redundant following an application from Belgium — EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 7 November 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 17 September 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 14 October 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 15 October 2024 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 22 October 2024 (done)
  5. Published as law · 7 November 2024 (done)

Lead committee: BUDG · Rapporteur: Michalis HADJIPANTELA (EPP)

Connections

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-22/5
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Data source
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Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch”. Decision, 22 October 2024. votingId 169885, document A-10-2024-0009, reference 2024/0226(BUD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-22/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 October 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-22-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 22 October 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-10-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-10-22/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-10-22-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-10-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-22/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-22/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 169885, document A-10-2024-0009, reference 2024/0226(BUD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-22-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-10-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}