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Social protection & poverty

Decisions about social security, pensions, poverty, social inclusion or affordable essentials.

Decisions
8 on 7 sitting days
Outcomes
8 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
11 Mar 2025 – 7 Jul 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
8
By kind
New laws 2 · Resolutions 6
Part of
Jobs, social affairs & equality
Key
social/social-protection
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Decisions, 8

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The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
7 Jul 2026Coordination of social security systems New lawsPassed511 for, 87 against, 61 abstained by roll call
11 Mar 2026Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors ResolutionsAdopted458 for, 72 against, 98 abstained by roll call
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 ResolutionsAdopted404 for, 208 against, 20 abstained by roll call
12 Feb 2026Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy ResolutionsAdopted385 for, 141 against, 53 abstained by roll call
9 Oct 2025Second World Summit for Social Development ResolutionsAdopted360 for, 210 against, 37 abstained by roll call
7 May 2025Amending of Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges New lawsUrgent procedure agreed370 for, 268 against, 16 abstained by roll call
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 ResolutionsAdopted351 for, 260 against, 70 abstained by roll call
11 Mar 2025European Social Fund Plus post-2027 ResolutionsAdopted432 for, 155 against, 82 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 7

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Coordination of social security systems 2016-0397Decisions17 Jul 2026 · Adopted
Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors 2025-2038Decisions111 Mar 2026 · Adopted
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 2025-2183Decisions111 Mar 2026 · Adopted
Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy 2025-2095Decisions112 Feb 2026 · Adopted
Second World Summit for Social Development 2025-2654Decisions19 Oct 2025 · Adopted
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 2024-2084Decisions112 Mar 2025 · Adopted
European Social Fund Plus post-2027 2024-2077Decisions111 Mar 2025 · Adopted

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Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.

The last 8 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor6Against2Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of8
GreensFor7Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome7of8
S&DFor7Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome7of8
RenewFor8Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome8of8
EPPFor8Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome8of8
ECRFor1Against4Abst.2Divided1With outcome2of8
PatriotsFor1Against4Abst.0Divided3With outcome2of8
ESNFor0Against7Abst.1Divided0With outcome0of8

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

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Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/social?sub=social-protection
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Social protection & poverty”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/social?sub=social-protection (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-topic-social-social-protection,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Social protection \& poverty}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/social?sub=social-protection}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/social?sub=social-protection},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}