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Second World Summit for Social Development

Effect
Adopted
Result
360 for · 210 against · 37 abstained roll call
Date
9 October 2025, 13:29–13:33
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a clear majority
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0408
Dossier
2025/2654(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Jobs, social affairs & equality Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
25 votes · 19 roll calls · 8 amendments
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call) · S&D (1 roll call) · EPP (1 roll call, 4 split votes, 1 separate vote) · ECR (6 split votes) · Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 9 October 2025
Final vote
179617
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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: 360 for, 210 against, 37 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a clear majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (1 adopted, 7 rejected) and 16 parts of the text voted on separately (12 adopted, 2 rejected, 2 lapsed).

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, Patriots and 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 38Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 45Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 96Against 0Abst. 3No vote 37 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
RenewFor 43Against 12Abst. 5No vote 15 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.57
EPPFor 125Against 33Abst. 14No vote 16 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.59
ECRFor 0Against 66Abst. 2No vote 11 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 0Against 68Abst. 7No vote 10 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
ESNFor 0Against 25Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 13Against 6Abst. 6No vote 5 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 76

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
Austria510230.38
Belgium125050.56
Bulgaria104210.44
Cyprus4101—
Czechia55920.21
Germany39404130.22
Denmark66300.10
Estonia5110—
Spain4180110.76
Finland121020.88
France3432690.21
Greece125130.50
Croatia101010.86
Hungary511050.53
Ireland120021.00
Italy36240160.40
Lithuania72110.55
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia5301—
Malta5001—
Netherlands178150.48
Poland2423060.27
Portugal812100.59
Romania1571100.48
Sweden1010010.25
Slovenia7011—
Slovakia92220.54

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

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches19 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS SpainEPPSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Dennis RADTKE GermanyEPPSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Alex AGIUS SALIBA MaltaS&DSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Katrin LANGENSIEPEN GermanyGreensSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Ewa KOPACZ PolandEPPSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN RomaniaEPPSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Nikolina BRNJAC CroatiaEPPSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Li ANDERSSON FinlandThe LeftSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN FinlandECRSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Pál SZEKERES HungaryPatriotsSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Estelle CEULEMANS BelgiumS&DSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Liesbet SOMMEN BelgiumEPPSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Alexander JUNGBLUTH GermanyESNSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Leire PAJÍN SpainS&DSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Catarina MARTINS PortugalThe LeftSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Marlena MALĄG PolandECRSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Hristo PETROV BulgariaRenewSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Séverine WERBROUCK FrancePatriotsSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Guillaume PELTIER FranceECRSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Marit MAIJ NetherlandsS&DSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT SpainEPPSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 25

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
1Amendment 4 to paragraph 1 B10-0408/2025 – § 1 – Am 4 Roll call173 for, 403 against, 17 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
2Paragraph 1 — part 1 B10-0408/2025 – § 1/1 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘as well as put forward legislative initiatives’”Roll call442 for, 134 against, 38 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP, ECR
3Paragraph 1 — part 2 B10-0408/2025 – § 1/2 Part voted on: “those words”Roll call293 for, 289 against, 23 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP, ECR
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Paragraph 1 — part 1 B10-0408/2025 – § 1/1 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘as well as put forward legislative initiatives’”Roll call442 for, 134 against, 38 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP, ECR
3Paragraph 1 — part 2 B10-0408/2025 – § 1/2 Part voted on: “those words”Roll call293 for, 289 against, 23 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP, ECR
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Paragraph 4 — part 1 B10-0408/2025 – § 4/1 Part voted on: “Stresses the importance of using the Social Scoreboard and the Social Convergence Framework to identify risks and to track progress towards achieving upward social convergence, reducing inequalities, strengthening social protection systems and promoting decent working conditions and supportive measures to ensure fairness in the transitions; stresses that, in this regard, it is necessary to ensure a sustainable, socially just and inclusive Europe where social rights are fully protected and safeguarded; recalls that EU citizens identify a social Europe as one of their priorities;”Roll call478 for, 69 against, 65 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP, ECR
5Paragraph 4 — part 2 B10-0408/2025 – § 4/2 Part voted on: ‘highlights therefore the need for the Commission to bring forward as a matter of urgency a quality jobs package, including the necessary legislative initiatives and investments to ensure quality jobs;’ without the words ‘including the necessary legislative initiatives and investments’Roll call415 for, 177 against, 19 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP, ECR
6Paragraph 4 — part 3 B10-0408/2025 – § 4/3 Part voted on: “including the necessary legislative initiatives and investments”Roll call298 for, 279 against, 30 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP, ECR
7Amendment 5 to paragraph 5 B10-0408/2025 – § 5 – Am 5 Roll call199 for, 400 against, 12 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
8Paragraph 5 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘Urges the Commission and the Member States to foster democracy at work, social dialogue and collective bargaining and the protection of workers’ rights, particularly in the context of the green and digital transitions; highlights the need to keep allocating sufficient resources in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) to support social dialogue and collective bargaining, and strengthen capacity building for social partners; calls for further efforts to ensure equal pay for equal work done by men and women, enhance pay transparency and address gender-based inequality to close the gender pay, pension and employment gaps in the EU;’Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: ECR
9Paragraph 5 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “calls on the Commission and the Member States to apply gender mainstreaming across all policy areas and pieces of legislation;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: ECR
10Amendment 2 to paragraph 9 B10-0408/2025 – § 9 – Am 2 Roll call285 for, 238 against, 91 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP, S&D
11Paragraph 9 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Urges all Member States to make further efforts to address child poverty by implementing their national action plan on the European Child Guarantee”Show of hands LapsedRequested bysplit: ECR
12Paragraph 9 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “and calls on the Commission to ensure it has a dedicated budget for this of at least EUR 20 billion in the next MFF;”Show of hands LapsedRequested bysplit: ECR
13Paragraph 10 — part 1 B10-0408/2025 – § 10/1 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and reiterates the call for new legal initiatives on AI and algorithmic management in the workplace, as well as on the right to disconnect;’”Roll call409 for, 125 against, 73 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP; separate: EPP
14Paragraph 10 — part 2 B10-0408/2025 – § 10/2 Part voted on: “those words”Roll call287 for, 270 against, 46 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP; separate: EPP
15Amendment 6 to paragraph 13 B10-0408/2025 – § 13 – Am 6 Roll call185 for, 410 against, 13 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
16Paragraph 13 — part 1 B10-0408/2025 – § 13/1 Part voted on: “Urges the EU and its Member States to ensure that the green transition is socially just, with specific support for workers, households, regions and enterprises affected by structural changes and new labour market demands; notes that climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, if carefully designed through robust social dialogue, can generate resilient economic ecosystems, quality jobs, sustainable enterprises and more inclusive societies, leaving no one behind;”Roll call479 for, 68 against, 64 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP, ECR
17Paragraph 13 — part 2 B10-0408/2025 – § 13/2 Part voted on: “calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a just transition in the world of work to ensure these principles are safeguarded at EU level;”Roll call291 for, 295 against, 20 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP, ECR
18Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 13 B10-0408/2025 – After § 13 – Am 7 Roll call190 for, 415 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
19Amendment 8 to paragraph 15 B10-0408/2025 – § 15 – Am 8 Roll call188 for, 399 against, 17 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
20Amendment 1 to paragraph 15 B10-0408/2025 – § 15 – Am 1 Roll call174 for, 413 against, 24 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
21Separate vote on paragraph 17 B10-0408/2025 – § 17 Roll call272 for, 307 against, 34 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: EPP; separate: EPP
22Amendment 3 to recital B B10-0408/2025 – Recital B – Am 3 Roll call195 for, 394 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
23Recital G — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘whereas the integration of migrants into the labour market can alleviate labour market shortages;’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: ECR
24Recital G — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: ECR
25Final vote — text as a whole B10-0408/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call360 for, 210 against, 37 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: The Left

Roll calls requested by The Left, S&D, EPP, Patriots · split votes by EPP (4), ECR (6) · separate votes by EPP.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0408

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Parliament adopted a resolution setting out its position ahead of the Second World Summit for Social Development, which will take place under the UN umbrella.

The text stresses the EU's commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights, and highlights persistent inequalities, poverty, housing and skills challenges.

It calls for stronger social convergence, quality jobs, and measures to address demographic change and labour shortages.

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This resolution addresses the Second World Summit for Social Development, urging the EU and member states to strengthen social rights, fight poverty, and achieve the 2030 targets.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2654(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 9 October 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

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  1. Referred to committee (done)
  2. Committee work · EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) preparing the report (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 9 October 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: EMPL · Author: Li ANDERSSON (The Left)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 19 connections: Running issue: 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals · Running issue: European Pillar of Social Rights · Other decisions of the part-session on EMPL dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals

Running issue: European Pillar of Social Rights

Other decisions of the part-session on EMPL dossiers

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Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

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European Parliament (2025). “Second World Summit for Social Development”. Decision, 9 October 2025. votingId 179617, document B-10-2025-0408, reference 2025/2654(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/10 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 9 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 9 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-09, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-09/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-10-09-10,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Second World Summit for Social Development}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-09},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/10}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/10},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 179617, document B-10-2025-0408, reference 2025/2654(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-09 (CC BY 4.0)}
}