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Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

Reference
2025/0154(NLE) Non-legislative procedure · consultation
Where it stands
Parliament gave its opinion on 8 October 2025. The Council takes the final decision.
Stage
Plenary vote
Lead committee
Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Li ANDERSSON
Decisions in plenary
1
Last vote
8 Oct 2025 · Passed
Versions
2 versions
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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 8 September 2025
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 4 September 2025
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 10 September 2025
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 8 October 2025
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.

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
Li ANDERSSON (The Left)

Decisions in plenary, 1

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
8 Oct 2025Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States New lawsPassed412 for, 129 against, 98 abstained by roll call

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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).

  1. 8 Oct 2025 Final vote

    Adopted 412–129–98

    The Left
    Divided
    Greens
    For
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    For
    ECR
    Abst.
    Patriots
    Against
    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.

  1. Adopted by Parliament8 Oct 2025

    Adopted text TA10-0217/2025 TA-10-2025-0217

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary10 Sept 2025

    Report A10-0160/2025 A-10-2025-0160

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA10-0217/2025: Parliament approved the Commission proposal for a Council decision on the guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States.
  • Report A10-0160/2025: Parliament approves the Commission proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States.

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What changed, 1

Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.

  1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0160/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0217/2025

    No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.

    Compare the two versions

Timeline, 5

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Plenary stage 3 steps · 10 Sept 2025–8 Oct 2025

  1. 8 October 2025

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 8 Oct 2025 Adopted text TA10-0217/2025Report A10-0160/2025

  2. 1 October 2025

    2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    Amendments 1–2

  3. 10 September 2025

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0160/2025

Committee stage 2 steps · 4 Sept 2025–8 Sept 2025

  1. 8 September 2025

    Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  2. 4 September 2025

    Committee vote: report adopted

    EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

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Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0154
Official source
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States”. Dossier, 8 October 2025. procId 2025-0154, reference 2025/0154(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0154 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0154(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0154 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-0154,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0154}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0154},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2025-0154, reference 2025/0154(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0154(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}