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Decision to open negotiations with the Council

Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights

Vote
Decision to open negotiations with the Council
Decision
No. 1 of the sitting of 19 Dec 2024
Result
300 for · 254 against · 21 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
19 December 2024, 12:11
More facts (7)
Effect
Negotiating mandate approved — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 1 of 1 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Patriots
Official label
A10–0029/2024 – Dennis Radtke – Decision to enter interinstitutional negotiations
Text
Report A-10-2024-0029
Dossier
2024/0006(COD)
Vote id
171364
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 300 for, 254 against, 21 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 52 % of the votes cast were for.

This was the final vote on the decision: Negotiating mandate approved.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 41Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 113Against 0Abst. 0No vote 23 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 24Against 22Abst. 15No vote 16 of 77Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.09
EPPFor 39Against 99Abst. 3No vote 47 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.55
ECRFor 15Against 45Abst. 1No vote 19 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.61
PatriotsFor 2Against 65Abst. 0No vote 19 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
ESNFor 3Against 18Abst. 1No vote 3 of 25Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.73
No groupFor 17Against 5Abst. 1No vote 5 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium200
Cyprus100
Germany400
Spain400
Finland300
France900
Greece200
Ireland300
Italy900
Netherlands100
Portugal200
Sweden100

Members

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No vote recorded, 144

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Similar votes

Roll calls that split the chamber the most similarly: r is the correlation of members’ positions, over the members who voted in both. Other votes on the same decision are left out.

Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsSplit vote279 for, 313 against, 19 abstained Rejected For 46 %Requested by S&Dr · shared0.83 500 voters
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 16 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsSplit vote307 for, 272 against, 38 abstained Adopted For 50 %Requested by S&Dr · shared0.81 507 voters
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 11 — part 2 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsSplit vote254 for, 315 against, 7 abstained Rejected For 44 %Requested by S&D, Greensr · shared0.79 470 voters
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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 16 — part 4 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsSplit vote322 for, 218 against, 77 abstained Adopted For 52 %Requested by S&Dr · shared0.79 508 voters
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 8 — part 2 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsSplit vote246 for, 318 against, 12 abstained Rejected For 43 %Requested by S&Dr · shared0.79 469 voters
13 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 18 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsSeparate vote284 for, 273 against, 57 abstained Adopted For 46 %Requested by S&Dr · shared0.78 503 voters
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 13 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsSplit vote278 for, 326 against, 19 abstained Rejected For 45 %Requested by S&Dr · shared0.78 510 voters
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 19 — part 2 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsSplit vote258 for, 290 against, 28 abstained Rejected For 45 %Requested by S&Dr · shared0.78 469 voters
17 Dec 2025Annex, paragraph 1 — part 2 Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of workSplit vote278 for, 374 against, 6 abstained Rejected For 42 %r · shared0.77 531 voters
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 27 — part 3 Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of workSplit vote279 for, 368 against, 6 abstained Rejected For 43 %Requested by EPPr · shared0.77 526 voters

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-19/171364
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European Parliament (2024). “Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights”. Vote, 19 December 2024. votingId 171364, reference 2024/0006(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-19/171364 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 19 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-19-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 19 December 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-19-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-19, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-12-19/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2024-12-19-171364,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-12-19},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-19/171364}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2024-12-19/171364},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 171364, reference 2024/0006(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-19-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-12-19-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-12-19 (CC BY 4.0)}
}