Procedure

Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement

2024/0006(COD)·9th term·EMPL·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: Worker information, participation, trade unions, works councils

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): RADTKE Dennis (EPP)

Summary

This dossier concerns the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and effective enforcement. The amendments clarify the concept of transnational matters, address coverage of legal fees for special negotiating bodies, the format and venue of meetings, gender-balanced and competence-based composition, protection of employees' representatives, sanctions for non-compliance, alternative dispute mechanisms, and treatment of pre-existing agreements; one amendment rejects the Commission proposal.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
22 Feb 2024
Plenary vote — Adopted
19 Dec 2024 · On a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the text
Plenary vote — Adopted
9 Oct 2025 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 79
Procedure completed

290

Amendments

distinct, in window

Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

22 Feb 2024

Dates

Plenary votes

3 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Where each group stood at the decisive votes

Group			Shift
EPP	Against70%	For69%	Against → For
S&D	For100%	For100%	consistent
Renew	For39%	For79%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For100%	consistent
ECR	Against74%	For65%	Against → For
The Left	For100%	For97%	consistent
Patriots	Against97%	Against74%	consistent
ESN	Against82%	Against92%	consistent
Non-attached	For74%	For65%	consistent

Milestones are the votes that adopt or reject text (not every amendment vote) — the percentage is the share of the group’s Members behind that position. Click a column heading to open the vote below.

19 Dec 2024Main voteAdopted
On a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the text
Official label: Décision d'engager des négociations interinstitutionnelles · what was voted ↗
300 for254 against21 abstentions144 did not vote
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9 Oct 2025Rejected
On a motion to reject the proposal — amendment 81
Official label: Rejet - Am 81 · what was voted ↗
116 for469 against30 abstentions104 did not vote
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9 Oct 2025Main voteAdopted
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 79
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 79 · what was voted ↗
414 for139 against61 abstentions105 did not vote
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