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European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement

Effect
Passed
Result
566 for · 67 against · 26 abstained roll call
Date
28 April 2026, 14:01
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0251
Dossier
2025/0073(COD)
Source
Committee report by Liesbet Sommen
Topics
Jobs, social affairs & equalityEU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Final vote
189916
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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: 566 for, 67 against, 26 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 126Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 53Against 14Abst. 3No vote 7 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.64
EPPFor 159Against 7Abst. 0No vote 19 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
ECRFor 63Against 9Abst. 4No vote 5 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.74
PatriotsFor 50Against 16Abst. 11No vote 8 of 85Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.47
ESNFor 3Against 17Abst. 7No vote 0 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.44
No groupFor 23Against 4Abst. 1No vote 2 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, 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
Austria126020.50
Belgium200021.00
Bulgaria140120.90
Cyprus6000—
Czechia164010.70
Germany6923040.63
Denmark95100.40
Estonia6010—
Spain530071.00
Finland103110.57
France701460.90
Greece163110.70
Croatia100021.00
Hungary60960.40
Ireland130011.00
Italy670180.98
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia8001—
Malta3003—
Netherlands208030.57
Poland444230.82
Portugal190200.86
Romania290041.00
Sweden910020.29
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia120210.79

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
Antonella SBERNA ItalyECRSpeeches128 Apr 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 provisional agreement A10-0251/2025 – Liesbet Sommen – Provisional agreement – Am 46 Roll call566 for, 67 against, 26 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0251

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

The proposal amends the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support workers facing imminent job displacement during company restructuring.

Parliament adopted its position, broadening the Fund's scope to include workers in direct suppliers and downstream users, with safeguards for social dialogue and State aid clarity.

Parliament also calls on the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation extends the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to support workers at risk of imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring, including direct suppliers and downstream producers.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0073(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/691 as regards support to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring

Parliament approved the text agreed with the Council on 28 April 2026. The Council must now adopt it formally before it is published as law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 5 May 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 December 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 8 December 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 17 March 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 28 April 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: EMPL · Rapporteur: Liesbet SOMMEN (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 11 connections: Running issue: European Pillar of Social Rights · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: European Pillar of Social Rights

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/4
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement”. Decision, 28 April 2026. votingId 189916, document A-10-2025-0251, reference 2025/0073(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-28/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-28-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 189916, document A-10-2025-0251, reference 2025/0073(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28 (CC BY 4.0)}
}