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Coordination of social security systems

Effect
Passed
Result
511 for · 87 against · 61 abstained roll call
Date
7 July 2026, 13:33
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-8-2018-0386
Dossier
2016/0397(COD)
Source
Committee report by Gabriele Bischoff
Topics
Jobs, social affairs & equality Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Final vote
194881
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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: 511 for, 87 against, 61 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; ESN mostly abstained.

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 31Against 0Abst. 0No vote 14 of 45Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 47Against 0Abst. 3No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
S&DFor 123Against 2Abst. 0No vote 10 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
RenewFor 65Against 8Abst. 1No vote 4 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
EPPFor 135Against 22Abst. 19No vote 9 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.65
ECRFor 43Against 30Abst. 2No vote 7 of 82Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.36
PatriotsFor 42Against 20Abst. 13No vote 10 of 85Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.34
ESNFor 4Against 2Abst. 19No vote 2 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.64
No groupFor 21Against 3Abst. 4No vote 1 of 29Majority 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, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 61

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
Austria96410.21
Belgium163300.59
Bulgaria120320.70
Cyprus6000—
Czechia170130.92
Germany7531440.72
Denmark57300.20
Estonia5101—
Spain505050.86
Finland131010.89
France6600151.00
Greece172110.78
Croatia110011.00
Hungary201720.84
Ireland130011.00
Italy6600101.00
Lithuania101000.86
Luxembourg3030—
Latvia9000—
Malta5001—
Netherlands1211620.12
Poland444230.82
Portugal180031.00
Romania290130.95
Sweden173100.71
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
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Javi LÓPEZ SpainS&DSpeeches26 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Gabriele BISCHOFF GermanyS&DSpeeches26 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Jana TOOM EstoniaRenewSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Maria GRAPINI RomaniaS&DSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Dennis RADTKE GermanyEPPSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Katrin LANGENSIEPEN GermanyGreensSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Katri KULMUNI FinlandRenewSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Estelle CEULEMANS BelgiumS&DSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Rudi KENNES BelgiumThe LeftSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Gordan BOSANAC CroatiaGreensSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Marlena MALĄG PolandECRSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Jagna MARCZUŁAJTIS-WALCZAK PolandEPPSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
João OLIVEIRA PortugalThe LeftSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Johan DANIELSSON SwedenS&DSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Jeroen LENAERS NetherlandsEPPSpeeches16 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Abstained

All votes on this decision, 2

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 A8-0386/2018 – Gabriele Bischoff – Provisional agreement – Am 209 Roll call511 for, 87 against, 61 abstained Adopted
2Commission statements Show of hands Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-8-2018-0386

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed law updating the coordination of social security systems across EU member states.

The law aims to make it easier for people moving within Europe to keep their social security rights, including unemployment benefits, long-term care, and family benefits.

Parliament's position includes changes to unemployment benefit export periods, aggregation of insurance periods, and clarifications on cross-border workers.

It also calls for better cooperation between authorities and digitalisation of documents.

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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 updates EU rules coordinating national social security systems, covering long-term care, unemployment, family benefits, and administrative cooperation.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2016/0397(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Parliament approved the text agreed with the Council on 7 July 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 · 19 January 2017 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 20 November 2018 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 23 November 2018 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 6 May 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 7 July 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: EMPL · Rapporteur: Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&D)

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/2026-07-07/2
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
26 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Coordination of social security systems”. Decision, 7 July 2026. votingId 194881, document A-8-2018-0386, reference 2016/0397(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/2 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-07-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Coordination of social security systems}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 194881, document A-8-2018-0386, reference 2016/0397(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}