Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034
- Reference
- 2025/0239(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- In committee: EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) is preparing the report (draft published 20 April 2026).
- Stage
- First reading
- Lead committee
- Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 23 October 2025
- Committee work (current step) EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) preparing the report
- Tabled for plenary (to come)
- Plenary vote (to come)
- Negotiations with the Council (to come)
- Published as law (to come)
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
- Rapporteurs
- David CASA (EPP), Marit MAIJ (S&D)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Séverine WERBROUCK (Patriots), Georgiana TEODORESCU (ECR), Brigitte VAN DEN BERG (Renew), Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN (Greens), Estrella GALÁN (The Left)
- Opinion: FEMM
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · rapporteur Alessandra MORETTI (S&D)
- Opinion: CULT
- Culture and Education · rapporteur Isilda GOMES (S&D)
- Opinion: REGI
- Regional Development · rapporteur Nora MEBAREK (S&D)
Decisions in plenary, 0
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No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.
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No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.
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Versions, 1
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Committee draft20 Apr 2026
Draft report (EMPL) EMPL-PR-784181
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Draft report (EMPL): The draft report sets out Parliament's position on the proposed regulation establishing the European Social Fund for 2028 to 2034. It keeps the ESF as a standalone fund with its own budget and rules, and adds ringfenced spending for social inclusion, child poverty, homelessness and youth employment.
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (FEMM), Opinion (CULT), Opinion (FEMM), Draft opinion (REGI), Draft opinion (BUDG), Opinion (BUDG), Draft opinion (CULT), Opinion (REGI)
What changed
Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.
No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier — fewer than two versions of its text are linked in the open data.
Timeline, 7
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Committee stage 7 steps · 23 Oct 2025–15 Jul 2026
15 July 2026
REGI (Regional Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
15 July 2026
BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
23 June 2026
FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
3 June 2026
CULT (Culture and Education) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
12 May 2026
Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
Amendments in committee (EMPL)Amendments in committee (EMPL)
20 April 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
23 October 2025
Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), CULT (Culture and Education), REGI (Regional Development) give an opinion.
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Sources & citation
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- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 26 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034”. Dossier. reference 2025/0239(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0239 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2025/0239(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0239(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-0239,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0239}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0239},
urldate = {2026-09-26},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2025/0239(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0239(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}