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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa - Belgium

Effect
Passed
Result
575 for · 48 against · 10 abstained roll call
Date
26 March 2026, 11:39
Kind
Budget decision
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0061
Dossier
2026/0038(BUD)
Source
Committee report by Hélder Sousa Silva
Topics
Jobs, social affairs & equalityEU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Thursday 26 March 2026
Final vote
189257
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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: 575 for, 48 against, 10 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 36Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 48Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 107Against 0Abst. 0No vote 28 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 64Against 3Abst. 1No vote 9 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
EPPFor 166Against 1Abst. 0No vote 17 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 60Against 9Abst. 4No vote 8 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.73
PatriotsFor 67Against 13Abst. 2No vote 3 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.73
ESNFor 4Against 20Abst. 2No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.65
No groupFor 23Against 2Abst. 1No 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, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 39

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
Austria136010.53
Belgium210011.00
Bulgaria132020.80
Cyprus5001—
Czechia173100.71
Germany7214180.74
Denmark132000.80
Estonia6010—
Spain501090.97
Finland121020.88
France690390.94
Greece140250.81
Croatia100021.00
Hungary910110.85
Ireland9005—
Italy670180.98
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg5001—
Latvia8001—
Malta5001—
Netherlands217030.63
Poland462050.94
Portugal190110.93
Romania301020.95
Sweden126030.50
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 MaltaEPPSpeeches126 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

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 A10-0061/2026 – Hélder Sousa Silva – Motion for a resolution Roll call575 for, 48 against, 10 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0061

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 416 workers made redundant by Casa in Belgium.

The decision releases EUR 1 916 733, covering 85% of the total cost of tailored measures such as training, outplacement and job fairs.

Parliament asks Belgian authorities to ensure visibility of EU funding and to carry out thorough final evaluations of the measures.

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Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) with EUR 1 916 733 for Belgium following 416 displacements at Casa International NV and Casa Logistics NV.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/0038(BUD) · Budgetary procedure

Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium - EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 13 April 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 12 February 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 17 March 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 18 March 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 26 March 2026 (done)
  5. Published as law · 13 April 2026 (done)

Lead committee: BUDG · Rapporteur: Hélder SOUSA SILVA (EPP)

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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Sources & citation

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-26/15
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa - Belgium”. Decision, 26 March 2026. votingId 189257, document A-10-2026-0061, reference 2026/0038(BUD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-26/15 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 26 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-26-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 26 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-26-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-26, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-03-26/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-03-26-15,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa - Belgium}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-26},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-26/15}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-26/15},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 189257, document A-10-2026-0061, reference 2026/0038(BUD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-26-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-26-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-26 (CC BY 4.0)}
}