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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – Belgium

Effect
Passed
Result
562 for · 53 against · 19 abstained roll call
Date
11 March 2026, 12:55
Kind
Budget decision
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0030
Dossier
2026/0004(BUD)
Source
Committee report by Jean-Marc Germain
Topics
Jobs, social affairs & equalityEU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Final vote
186520
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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: 562 for, 53 against, 19 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

The budget decision was approved.

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 47Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 119Against 0Abst. 1No vote 15 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 61Against 6Abst. 1No vote 8 of 76Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
EPPFor 165Against 0Abst. 0No vote 19 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 59Against 11Abst. 6No vote 5 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.66
PatriotsFor 46Against 15Abst. 2No vote 21 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.60
ESNFor 1Against 20Abst. 4No vote 3 of 28Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.70
No groupFor 21Against 1Abst. 5No vote 4 of 31Majority 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, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 47

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
Austria146000.55
Belgium200021.00
Bulgaria123020.70
Cyprus4011—
Czechia153120.68
Germany7214540.69
Denmark132000.80
Estonia4111—
Spain4610130.97
Finland141000.90
France5504220.90
Greece170220.84
Croatia110011.00
Hungary81012—
Ireland120021.00
Italy692140.94
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8100—
Malta5001—
Netherlands246010.70
Poland424250.81
Portugal210001.00
Romania280140.95
Sweden136020.53
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia112020.77

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 MaltaEPPSpeeches111 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Jean-Marc GERMAIN FranceS&DSpeeches111 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 1

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
1Final vote on the motion for a resolution A10-0030/2026 – Jean-Marc Germain – Motion for a resolution Roll call562 for, 53 against, 19 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0030

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament approved the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers to support workers made redundant by Tupperware in Belgium.

The decision releases EU funding for personalised services such as job-search assistance, training, and outplacement for the affected workers.

Parliament also calls on Belgian authorities to provide tailored support for workers with low education levels and to shorten the time between application and financing decision.

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Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) for Belgium, following the bankruptcy of Tupperware General Services NV, providing EUR 1 622 650 to support 267 displaced workers.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/0004(BUD) · Budgetary procedure

Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium - EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 23 March 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 22 January 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 26 February 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 27 February 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 11 March 2026 (done)
  5. Published as law · 23 March 2026 (done)

Lead committee: BUDG · Rapporteur: Jean-Marc GERMAIN (S&D)

Connections

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

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Running issue: European Pillar of Social Rights

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Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/4
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – Belgium”. Decision, 11 March 2026. votingId 186520, document A-10-2026-0030, reference 2026/0004(BUD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 11 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-11-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 11 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-11-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-11, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-03-11/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-03-11-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – Belgium}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-11/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 186520, document A-10-2026-0030, reference 2026/0004(BUD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-11-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-11-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-11 (CC BY 4.0)}
}