Procedure

European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challenges

2025/0085(COD)·10th term·BUDG / EMPL / SEDE·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): MAIJ Marit (S&D)
Summary

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

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    20 May 2025 – 11 Jun 2025
  2. Plenary vote — Adopted
    10 Sep 2025 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 32
  3. Procedure completed
220
Amendments
distinct, in window
52
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committee(s)
20 May 2025 – 11 Jun 2025
Dates

Plenary votes

1 roll-call votes

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  1. 10 Sep 2025Main voteAdopted
    On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 32
    Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 32 · what was voted ↗
    453 for149 against59 abstentions58 did not vote
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Official amendment documents

Full record

Members who amended this procedure

52 Members · by amendment count
1🇳🇱
Marit MAIJ
Socialists & Democrats · Netherlands
30
2🇧🇪
Estelle CEULEMANS
Socialists & Democrats · Belgium
30
3🇩🇪
Gabriele BISCHOFF
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
30
4🇪🇸
Alicia HOMS GINEL
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
30
5🇱🇺
Marc ANGEL
Socialists & Democrats · Luxembourg
30
6🇪🇸
Idoia MENDIA
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
30
7🇱🇹
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ
Socialists & Democrats · Lithuania
30
8🇮🇪
Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN
Socialists & Democrats · Ireland
30
9🇵🇱
Marta WCISŁO
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
30(28 solo)
10🇸🇰
Miriam LEXMANN
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovakia
29(13 solo)
11🇦🇹
Evelyn REGNER
Socialists & Democrats · Austria
28
12🇩🇰
Villy SØVNDAL
Greens / EFA · Denmark
23(23 solo)
13🇪🇸
Maravillas ABADÍA JOVER
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
21(5 solo)
14🇫🇷
Marina MESURE
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
16(16 solo)
15🇳🇱
Brigitte VAN DEN BERG
Renew Europe · Netherlands
12
16🇫🇷
Grégory ALLIONE
Renew Europe · France
12
17🇩🇪
Rasmus ANDRESEN
Greens / EFA · Germany
12(12 solo)
18🇧🇬
Hristo PETROV
Renew Europe · Bulgaria
10
19🇷🇴
Eugen TOMAC
Renew Europe · Romania
10
20🇪🇪
Jana TOOM
Renew Europe · Estonia
8
21🇬🇷
Maria ZACHARIA
Non-attached · Greece
8(8 solo)
22🇧🇪
Elio DI RUPO
Socialists & Democrats · Belgium
8(4 solo)
23🇮🇹
Elena DONAZZAN
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
7(1 solo)
24🇮🇹
Francesco TORSELLI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
6
25🇮🇹
Mariateresa VIVALDINI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
6

The amendments, in full text

220 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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