European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challenges
Proposal on European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) specific measures to address strategic challenges. Amendments debate whether the ESF+ should fund skills or employment measures linked to the defence sector and defence industry, citing the White Paper for European Defence - Readiness 2030, and stress preserving the Fund's social inclusion and territorial mission, with references to reprogramming, pre-financing, STEP, and regions bordering Russia, Belarus or Ukraine.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled20 May 2025 – 11 Jun 2025
- Plenary vote — Adopted10 Sep 2025 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 32
- Procedure completed
Plenary votes
1 roll-call votesIn 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 →
- 10 Sep 2025Main voteAdoptedOn the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 32Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 32 · what was voted ↗453 for149 against59 abstentions58 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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220 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.