Establishing an EU talent pool
This file establishes an EU Talent Pool to help address labour and skills shortages by facilitating the recruitment of third-country nationals. It follows the ordinary legislative procedure, where Parliament and the Council of the EU legislate jointly to adopt binding EU law. The committees on Culture and Education, Development, Employment and Social Affairs, and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs handled it, in employment and migration policy. The amendments define jobseekers from third countries, extend the tool to low, medium and highly skilled profiles and to persons needing international protection, and add gender equality and inclusion provisions. They also address Steering Group representation of social partners, an IT platform reusing EURES infrastructure and ESCO classifications, National Contact Points, decent working conditions, and favourable consideration for Erasmus+ participants.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled31 Jan 2024 – 29 Jan 2025
- Plenary vote — Adopted3 Apr 2025 · On a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the text
- Plenary vote — Adopted10 Mar 2026 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 163
- Plenary vote — Rejected10 Mar 2026 · On a motion to reject the proposal — amendment 164
- Procedure completed
Plenary votes
4 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 →
Where each group stood at the decisive votes
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- 3 Apr 2025Main voteAdoptedOn a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the textOfficial label: Décision d'engager des négociations interinstitutionnelles · what was voted ↗327 for229 against50 abstentions112 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 10 Mar 2026RejectedOn a procedural request to put the amendments to a voteOfficial label: Demande de procéder au vote sur les amendements · what was voted ↗160 for462 against2 abstentions94 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 10 Mar 2026Main voteRejectedOn a motion to reject the proposal — amendment 164Official label: Proposition de rejet - Am 164= 165= 166= · what was voted ↗156 for462 against8 abstentions92 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 10 Mar 2026Main voteAdoptedOn the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 163Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 163 · what was voted ↗414 for182 against21 abstentions101 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only
Official amendment documents
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87 Members · by amendment countThe amendments, in full text
1,383 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.