Coordination of social security systems

Procedure 2016/0397(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Coordination of social security systems”; the committee responsible is EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Completed: Signed on 7 Oct 2026, publication in the Official Journal pending. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 7 Jul 2026 (final vote): adopted with 511 votes in favour, 87 against and 61 abstentions.

Reference

2016/0397(COD)

Type

Ordinary legislative procedure

Status

Completed, 1st reading

Lead

EMPL Employment and Social Affairs

Rapporteur

Gabriele Bischoff (S&D, Germany)

Shadow rapporteurs

Rudi Kennes (The Left, Belgium), Gordan Bosanac (Greens/EFA, Croatia), Jana Toom (Renew, Estonia), Jeroen Lenaers (EPP, Netherlands), Francesco Torselli (ECR, Italy), Marie Dauchy (PfE, France)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Coordination of social security systems (A8-0386/2018), 7 Jul 2026: final vote, adopted, 511 for, 87 against, 61 abstentions

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 28 Sep 2026: Council (Agriculture and Fisheries), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 21 for, 4 against, 2 abstentions. Against: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland; Abstained: Austria, Hungary. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1st reading

1. 19 Jan 2017: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 20 Nov 2017: Parliamentary committee tabling report
3. 20 Nov 2018: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
4. 23 Nov 2018: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
5. 11 Dec 2018: Plenary vote results; Endorsement of the EP committee responsible decision to start interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
6. 18 Apr 2019: Plenary vote results
7. 24 Sep 2024: Appointment of a rapporteur
8. 3 Jun 2025: Interinstitutional negotiation (2 times, most recently on 22 Apr 2026)
9. 6 May 2026: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
10. 6 Jul 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)
11. 7 Jul 2026: EP position at 1st reading
12. 7 Oct 2026: Signature

• All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Votes in the Council: Council of the European Union, voting results (consilium.europa.eu), reused with acknowledgement of the source under Decision (EU) 2017/1842; population figures from the Council’s Rules of Procedure (Annex III, Official Journal of the EU). Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)