Decision
Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights
- Effect
- Adopted
- Result
- show of hands — no count
- Date
- 13 March 2025, 12:13–12:18
- Kind
- Resolution
More facts (8)
- Dossier
- 2024/2829(RSP)
- Source
- Motion for a resolution
- Topics
- Jobs, social affairs & equality Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 60 votes · 14 roll calls
- Requested by
- S&D (1 roll call) · Renew (2 split votes) · EPP (7 split votes, 1 separate vote) · ECR (13 split votes, 1 separate vote)
- Sitting
- Thursday 13 March 2025
- Final vote
- 172947
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Show of hands — no count
Adopted.
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 58 parts of the text voted on separately (46 adopted, 9 rejected, 3 lapsed). 1 alternative motion lapsed once the text was adopted.
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin HOJSÍK Slovakia | Renew | Speeches1 | 13 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
| Dariusz JOŃSKI Poland | EPP | Speeches2 | 12 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
| Roxana MÎNZATU Romania | S&D | Speeches2 | 12 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
| Sabine VERHEYEN Germany | EPP | Speeches2 | 12 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
| Alicia HOMS GINEL Spain | S&D | Speeches1 | 12 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
| Jana TOOM Estonia | Renew | Speeches1 | 12 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | no roll call |
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All votes on this decision, 60
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paragraph 1 — part 1 of 3 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and meet climate targets’ and ‘and climate neutral’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 2 | Paragraph 1 — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “and meet climate targets” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 3 | Paragraph 1 — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “and climate neutral” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
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| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Paragraph 1 — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “and meet climate targets” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 3 | Paragraph 1 — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “and climate neutral” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Separate vote on paragraph 2 | Show of hands | Rejected | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 5 | Separate vote on paragraph 2 | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 6 | Separate vote on paragraph 2 | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 7 | Separate vote on paragraph 2 | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 8 | Paragraph 3 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Highlights that the delivery of a European industrial policy for quality jobs requires the full involvement of social partners and needs to be implemented through social dialogue and collective bargaining; calls on the Commission to present an ambitious quality jobs roadmap and to implement the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 9 | Paragraph 3 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “calls on the Commission to ensure the full involvement and consultation of social partners in the design and implementation of the upcoming European clean industrial deal and to include the overall objective of ensuring job quality and stability at EU level;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 10 | Paragraph 5 — part 1 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/1 Part voted on: “Urges the Commission in the context of the forthcoming revision of the European Public Procurement Directive to further promote collective bargaining and the use of the social clause, and preferential treatment for companies whose workers are covered by collective agreements;” | Roll call | 404 for, 204 against, 15 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: ECR, EPP |
| 11 | Paragraph 5 — part 2 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/2 Part voted on: “calls on the Commission to strengthen the social clause and” | Roll call | 279 for, 313 against, 19 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: ECR, EPP |
| 12 | Paragraph 5 — part 3 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/3 Part voted on: “underlines that contracting authorities must exclude from public tenders economic operators that have engaged in criminal activities” | Roll call | 604 for, 9 against, 8 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: ECR, EPP |
| 13 | Paragraph 5 — part 4 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/4 Part voted on: “or activities to disrupt or weaken collective bargaining or trade union organisations, such as union busting” | Roll call | 258 for, 284 against, 83 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: ECR, EPP |
| 14 | Paragraph 5 — part 5 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/5 Part voted on: “maintains that public procurement should strategically strengthen corporate social responsibility;” | Roll call | 473 for, 141 against, 14 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: ECR, EPP |
| 15 | Paragraph 5 — part 6 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/6 Part voted on: “considers, furthermore, that no EU financial support should go to undertakings that do not comply with the applicable working and employment conditions and/or employer obligations resulting from EU or national labour law or the relevant collective agreements;” | Roll call | 429 for, 175 against, 22 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: ECR, EPP |
| 16 | Paragraph 5 — part 7 B10-0143/2025 – § 5/7 Part voted on: “believes that this support should also be used to promote European industrial competiveness and the creation of quality jobs in the EU and promote collective bargaining and compliance with EU and national labour rights and laws, including decent working conditions; calls for EU funding and State aid by Member States to be aligned with a European industrial policy, in order to offer high-quality jobs, promote collective bargaining, respect of EU labour rights and standards, improve the competitiveness of European businesses and ensure improved working conditions;” | Roll call | 549 for, 63 against, 8 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: ECR, EPP |
| 17 | Paragraph 6 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘zero-emission transport,’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 18 | Paragraph 6 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 19 | Paragraph 8 — part 1 of 6 Part voted on: ‘Acknowledges that achieving digital and green objectives will create opportunities and might at the same time require transformations or restructuring processes in many sectors; stresses that social dialogue in the anticipation and management of these processes is essential to safeguard and create quality jobs and manage unavoidable job losses with enough support and can contribute to achieving a climate-neutral economy that sustains its social, economic and environmental standards; highlights that restructuring processes must respect fundamental workers’ rights, such as the right of information and consultation;’ without the words: ‘and green’ and ‘and can contribute to achieving a climate-neutral economy that sustains its social, economic and environmental standards;’ | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 20 | Paragraph 8 — part 2 of 6 Part voted on: “and green” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 21 | Paragraph 8 — part 3 of 6 Part voted on: “and can contribute to achieving a climate-neutral economy that sustains its social, economic and environmental standards;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 22 | Paragraph 8 — part 4 of 6 Part voted on: ‘calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to reinforce and promote collective bargaining and work to increase the collective bargaining coverage to at least 80 % in all Member States, in full respect of the autonomy of the social partners and of the right of collective bargaining;’ without the words: ‘and work to increase the collective bargaining coverage to at least 80 % in all Member States’ | Counted | 357 for, 201 against, 62 abstained Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 23 | Paragraph 8 — part 5 of 6 Part voted on: “and work to increase the collective bargaining coverage to at least 80 % in all Member States” | Counted | 277 for, 326 against, 18 abstained Rejected | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 24 | Paragraph 8 — part 6 of 6 Part voted on: “emphasises that workers should be beneficiaries of restructuring, including when they transfer to a new equivalent job within their current firm or sector, or as they reskill to transfer to a job in a future-proof sector, all while being adequately assisted and compensated;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 25 | Paragraph 11 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘a clean industrial deal and’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 26 | Paragraph 11 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 27 | Separate vote on paragraph 12 | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 28 | Separate vote on paragraph 12 | Show of hands | Lapsed | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 29 | Separate vote on paragraph 12 | Show of hands | Lapsed | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 30 | Separate vote on paragraph 12 | Show of hands | Lapsed | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 31 | Paragraph 13 — part 1 B10-0143/2025 – § 13/1 Part voted on: “Is alarmed that European company law provisions, as well as their interpretation in some legal cases, are creating loopholes and are enabling the circumvention of mandatory national board-level participation rules;” | Roll call | 440 for, 137 against, 45 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: Renew, EPP; separate: ECR |
| 32 | Paragraph 13 — part 2 B10-0143/2025 – § 13/2 Part voted on: ‘reiterates its call to introduce a new framework directive on workers’ right to information, consultation and participation for European companies, in order to establish minimum standards for information, consultation and participation for those company forms, in particular at company level;’ | Roll call | 278 for, 326 against, 19 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: Renew, EPP; separate: ECR |
| 33 | Paragraph 14 — part 1 of 5 Part voted on: “Emphasises that one of the most effective ways to prevent the need for restructuring is through the proactive anticipation and management of change through collective bargaining and information and consultation;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 34 | Paragraph 14 — part 2 of 5 Part voted on: “calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a directive for a just transition in the world of work to inter alia strengthen democracy at work with regards to measures concerning climate change, the digital transformation and restructuring, as well as the anticipation and management of change;” | Counted | 265 for, 343 against, 16 abstained Rejected | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 35 | Paragraph 14 — part 3 of 5 Part voted on: ‘urges the Member States to ensure the right to training for all workers free of cost and during working hours, to ensure quality upskilling or reskilling, life-long learning, employee training and career development support; points out that upskilling and reskilling should be prioritised as far as possible before job cuts are considered;’ without the words: ‘to ensure the right to training for all workers free of cost and during working hours,’ | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 36 | Paragraph 14 — part 4 of 5 Part voted on: “to ensure the right to training for all workers free of cost and during working hours,” | Show of hands | Rejected | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 37 | Paragraph 14 — part 5 of 5 Part voted on: ‘notes that, when job-to-job transition is necessary, transition to a strategic or growth sector should be promoted while allowing workers sufficient time for adjustment, while providing the necessary support to facilitate the transition and avoiding workers’ financial losses;’ | Show of hands | Rejected | Requested bysplit: ECR, EPP |
| 38 | Separate vote on paragraph 15 | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested byseparate: ECR |
| 39 | Paragraph 16 — part 1 B10-0143/2025 – § 16/1 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘calls on the Commission and’ (second occurrence)” | Roll call | 558 for, 25 against, 40 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: Renew, EPP |
| 40 | Paragraph 16 — part 2 B10-0143/2025 – § 16/2 Part voted on: ‘calls on the Commission and’ (second occurrence) | Roll call | 307 for, 272 against, 38 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: Renew, EPP |
| 41 | Paragraph 16 — part 3 B10-0143/2025 – § 16/3 Part voted on: “the Member States to put in place mechanisms that help to avoid forced redundancies, such as temporary support programmes to protect employment during transitions, avoiding the loss of strategic industrial capacity and skilled workforces;” | Roll call | 385 for, 137 against, 96 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: Renew, EPP |
| 42 | Paragraph 16 — part 4 B10-0143/2025 – § 16/4 Part voted on: “such as income support” | Roll call | 322 for, 218 against, 77 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; split: Renew, EPP |
| 43 | Separate vote on paragraph 17 | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested byseparate: ECR |
| 44 | Separate vote on paragraph 18 B10-0143/2025 – § 18 | Roll call | 284 for, 273 against, 57 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: S&D; separate: EPP, ECR |
| 45 | Separate vote on paragraph 19 | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested byseparate: ECR |
| 46 | Recital A — part 1 of 3 Part voted on: ‘whereas the transition to a green, digital and competitive European economy is necessary to maintain the European social model, but can itself only be achieved if people are sufficiently protected from the potential adverse social consequences of major economic changes;’ without the word ‘green’ | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 47 | Recital A — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “green” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 48 | Recital A — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “whereas protecting the environment and climate is imperative for long-term prosperity and well-being;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 49 | Recital B — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘whereas social dialogue, collective bargaining and strong trade union involvement are essential for ensuring workers’ information and consultation rights during restructuring processes; whereas workers’ involvement through information-sharing, consultation and participation in company decision-making processes is more important than ever to ensure a fair and just transition, competitiveness, and the economic growth of companies and to protect jobs and workers’ collective interests, such as decent working conditions, fair wages and equal treatment; whereas the just transition is about supporting social justice and upward social convergence and ensuring fair burden-sharing, while safeguarding a sustainable, resource-efficient and competitive economy,’ | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 50 | Recital B — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “reaching climate neutrality and fighting climate change;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 51 | Recital D — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas only 40 % of European trade unions report having sufficient resources to represent workers effectively during restructuring processes; whereas trade union representatives trained in restructuring negotiations are 50 % more effective in preserving jobs; whereas, according to Eurofound, a lack of resources and skills, as well as time, have been identified as a key obstacle for social partner engagement in shaping the just transition, particularly at the local and regional levels;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: EPP |
| 52 | Recital D — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas the capacity of European Works Councils to influence restructuring processes is found to be limited and needs to be further strengthened;” | Counted | 314 for, 270 against, 22 abstained Adopted | Requested bysplit: EPP |
| 53 | Recital E — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘whereas it is essential to ensure job creation and decent working conditions, supporting the transition to a sustainable and profitable economy, long-term economic viability and environmental sustainability; whereas the transformation of our industrial base provides an opportunity to strengthen European autonomy, reverse deindustrialisation, create secure and stable jobs and help us meet climate and environmental targets, while protecting workers’ rights and people at the heart of a social Europe;’ | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 54 | Recital E — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas retraining funding for workers made redundant as a result of large-scale restructuring has been provided through the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, benefitting thousands of European workers;” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 55 | Recital G — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘green and’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 56 | Recital G — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: ECR |
| 57 | Separate vote on recital I | Show of hands | Rejected | Requested byseparate: ECR |
| 58 | Separate vote on recital I | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested byseparate: ECR |
| 59 | Final vote — text as a whole Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 60 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0152/2025 | Show of hands | Lapsed |
Roll call requested by S&D · split votes by Renew (2), EPP (7), ECR (13) · separate votes by EPP, ECR.
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament adopted a resolution on protecting jobs and workers' rights during company restructuring, covering social dialogue, training, and support for affected sectors.
The text calls for a competitive European industrial policy with investment, quality jobs, and strong public services, while ensuring a fair transition to a green and digital economy.
MEPs stress the need to involve trade unions and workers in restructuring decisions and to provide upskilling and reskilling opportunities.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
This resolution addresses social and employment aspects of restructuring, calling for job protection, workers' rights, and a just transition.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2024/2829(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject
Parliament adopted the text on 13 March 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
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- Tabled for plenary (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 13 March 2025 (done)
- Parliament’s position · Final (done)
Lead committee: EMPL · Author: Estelle CEULEMANS (S&D)
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European Parliament (2025). “Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights”. Decision, 13 March 2025. votingId 172947, document B-10-2025-0143, reference 2024/2829(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-13/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 13 March 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-13-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-03-13, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-03-13/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-03-13-5,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-03-13},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-13/5}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-13/5},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 172947, document B-10-2025-0143, reference 2024/2829(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-13-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-03-13 (CC BY 4.0)}
}