Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges
- Reference
- 2025/0085(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 September 2025 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Published as law
- Lead committee
- Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
More facts (6)
- Rapporteur
- Marit MAIJ
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 6 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 1
- Last vote
- 10 Sept 2025 · Passed
- Versions
- 2 versions
- Opinions from
- REGI, ITRE, SEDE
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 5 May 2025
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 25 June 2025
- Tabled for plenary (done) 30 June 2025
- Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 4 September 2025
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 10 September 2025
- Published as law (done) 19 September 2025
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
People
Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.
- Lead committee
- Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
- Rapporteur
- Marit MAIJ (S&D)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Maravillas ABADÍA JOVER (EPP), Séverine WERBROUCK (Patriots), Elena DONAZZAN (ECR), Brigitte VAN DEN BERG (Renew), Villy SØVNDAL (Greens), Estrella GALÁN (The Left)
- Opinion: REGI
- Regional Development · rapporteur Sandro GOZI (Renew)
- Opinion: ITRE
- Industry, Research and Energy
- Opinion: SEDE
- Security and Defence · rapporteur Urmas PAET (Renew)
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2025 | European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challenges | New laws | Passed | 453 for, 149 against, 59 abstained by roll call |
Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.
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).
- 10 Sept 2025 Final vote on the provisional agreement
Adopted 453–149–59
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Divided
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- Divided
- ESN
- Against
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Versions, 2
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament10 Sept 2025
Adopted text TA10-0176/2025 TA-10-2025-0176
Tabled for plenary30 Jun 2025
Report A10-0122/2025 A-10-2025-0122
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0176/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amending the ESF+ Regulation to address strategic challenges. It lays down specific measures for member states to use ESF+ resources.
- Report A10-0122/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amending the ESF+ Regulation to address strategic challenges. It adjusts pre-financing, co-financing rates, and reprogramming thresholds for member states, focusing on skills for defence, civil preparedness, and decarbonisation, while safeguarding social objectives.
Committee opinions: Opinion (BUDG), Opinion (SEDE), Draft opinion (BUDG)
What changed
Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.
No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.
Timeline, 18
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 2 steps · 18 Sept 2025–19 Sept 2025
19 September 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
18 September 2025
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 4 steps · 5 Sept 2025–10 Sept 2025
10 September 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 10 Sept 2025 Adopted text TA10-0176/2025Report A10-0122/2025
10 September 2025
30 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
9 September 2025
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 9 Sept 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0064/2025Report A10-0122/2025
5 September 2025
6 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Negotiations with the Council 3 steps · 9 Jul 2025–4 Sept 2025
4 September 2025
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
15 July 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
9 July 2025
Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 1 step · 30 Jun 2025
30 June 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 6 steps · 20 May 2025–25 Jun 2025
25 June 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
25 June 2025
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
16 June 2025
SEDE (Security and Defence) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
16 June 2025
BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
21 May 2025
Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
20 May 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
Plenary stage 1 step · 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Plenary vote
Committee stage 1 step · 5 May 2025
5 May 2025
Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), SEDE (Security and Defence) give an opinion.
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Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges”. Dossier, 10 September 2025. procId 2025-0085, reference 2025/0085(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0085 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0085(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0085 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-09-10},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0085}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0085},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2025-0085, reference 2025/0085(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0085(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
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