The European Social Fund Plus post-2027

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 28 November 2024
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 19 February 2025
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 21 February 2025
4. ✓ Plenary vote (done) Adopted 11 March 2025
5. ✓ Parliament’s position (done) Final

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Lead committee

Employment and Social Affairs EMPL

Author

Marit MAIJ (S&D)

Shadow rapporteurs

Miriam LEXMANN (EPP), Nikola BARTŮŠEK (Patriots), Elena DONAZZAN (ECR), Brigitte VAN DEN BERG (Renew), Villy SØVNDAL (Greens), Estrella GALÁN (The Left)

Opinion: REGI

Regional Development · rapporteur Kathleen FUNCHION (The Left)

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

Key: ✓ For ✗ Against ○ Abstained ÷ Divided (no clear line)

1. 11 Mar 2025 Amendment 1

   Rejected 176–468–27

   The Left

   Against ✗

   Greens

   Against ✗

   S&D

   Against ✗

   Renew

   Against ✗

   EPP

   Against ✗

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

2. 11 Mar 2025 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 432–155–82

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Abst. ○

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

1. Adopted by Parliament11 Mar 2025

   Adopted text TA10-0027/2025 TA-10-2025-0027

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary21 Feb 2025

   Report A10-0014/2025 A-10-2025-0014

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft24 Oct 2024

   Draft report (EMPL) EMPL-PR-765062

Committee opinions: Opinion (REGI)

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0014/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0027/2025

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   Shifts emphasis on housing and child poverty to Member State responsibility under subsidiarity, while retaining EU support. Removes calls for new directives on work-related issues and social conditionalities in procurement. Other changes are formal: decimal points replaced with commas in percentages.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (EMPL) → Report A10-0014/2025

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The report expands the scope of the ESF+ to include broader social challenges, such as education, care, and demographic change, and adds detailed statistics on vulnerable groups. It rewrites the operational paragraphs to change funding priorities, governance, and crisis response, adding new demands on public services, disability, and women's inclusion. It strengthens the role of local and regional authorities, adds conditions on employers, and simplifies administrative procedures for beneficiaries. It replaces paragraphs on digitalisation and awareness with new ones on metrics, support, evaluation, and synergies with other funds. The only formal change updates the addressees of the resolution.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2077

Official source

• Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL) ↗

Data source

• EP Open Data API: procedure record ↗

Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Retrieved

25 September 2026

European Parliament (2025). “The European Social Fund Plus post-2027”. Dossier, 11 March 2025. procId 2024-2077, reference 2024/2077(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2077 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F2077(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-2077 (CC BY 4.0).

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