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Decision to open negotiations with the Council

Establishing an EU talent pool

Vote
Decision to open negotiations with the Council
Decision
No. 1 of the sitting of 3 Apr 2025
Result
327 for · 229 against · 50 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
3 April 2025, 13:09
More facts (7)
Effect
Negotiating mandate approved — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 1 of 1 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: ESN, Patriots, ECR
Official label
A10-0045/2025 - Abir Al-Sahlani - Décision d'engager des négociations interinstitutionnelles
Text
Report A-10-2025-0045
Dossier
2023/0404(COD)
Vote id
174881
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 327 for, 229 against, 50 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 54 % 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 17Against 21Abst. 0No vote 8 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.33
GreensFor 36Against 3Abst. 12No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.56
S&DFor 87Against 19Abst. 7No vote 23 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.65
RenewFor 62Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 122Against 23Abst. 12No vote 31 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.67
ECRFor 0Against 48Abst. 18No vote 14 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.59
PatriotsFor 0Against 75Abst. 0No vote 11 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 0Against 21Abst. 1No vote 4 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
No groupFor 3Against 19Abst. 0No vote 6 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, 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.

Renew members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria200
Belgium200
Bulgaria200
Germany700
Denmark300
Estonia100
Spain100
Finland200
France1200
Ireland500
Lithuania200
Latvia100
Netherlands700
Portugal200
Romania300
Sweden200
Slovenia200
Slovakia600

Members

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No vote recorded, 112

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

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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
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsFinal310 for, 277 against, 53 abstained Adopted For 48 %r · shared0.78 541 voters
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU political strategy on Latin AmericaFinal354 for, 195 against, 77 abstained Adopted For 57 %r · shared0.77 527 voters
25 Nov 2025Recital J — part 2 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report)Split vote366 for, 245 against, 30 abstained Adopted For 57 %Requested by S&Dr · shared0.77 541 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
16 Jun 2026Recital G — part 2 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesSplit vote438 for, 182 against, 50 abstained Adopted For 65 %Requested by Members (a)r · shared0.76 560 voters
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 44 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024Split vote381 for, 275 against, 19 abstained Adopted For 56 %Requested by ECRr · shared0.76 593 voters
23 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 121 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)Separate vote362 for, 188 against, 21 abstained Adopted For 63 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.76 502 voters
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 45 — part 5 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024Split vote362 for, 283 against, 30 abstained Adopted For 54 %Requested by EPPr · shared0.76 592 voters
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeFinal367 for, 74 against, 188 abstained Adopted For 58 %r · shared0.75 537 voters
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 45 — part 4 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024Split vote369 for, 267 against, 41 abstained Adopted For 55 %Requested by EPPr · shared0.75 595 voters
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesFinal344 for, 237 against, 66 abstained Adopted For 53 %r · shared0.75 542 voters

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174881
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European Parliament (2025). “Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Establishing an EU talent pool”. Vote, 3 April 2025. votingId 174881, reference 2023/0404(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174881 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 3 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 3 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-03, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-04-03/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2025-04-03-174881,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Establishing an EU talent pool}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-04-03},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174881}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174881},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 174881, reference 2023/0404(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-03 (CC BY 4.0)}
}