Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

Procedure 2025/2095(INI) (own-initiative procedure) concerns “Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy”; the committee responsible is EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 12 Feb 2026: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 12 Feb 2026 (final vote): adopted with 385 votes in favour, 141 against and 53 abstentions.

Reference

2025/2095(INI)

Type

Own-initiative procedure

Status

Concluded in Parliament

Lead

EMPL Employment and Social Affairs

Opinion

FEMM Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D, Spain))

Rapporteur

João Oliveira (The Left, Portugal)

Shadow rapporteurs

Villy Søvndal (Greens/EFA, Denmark), Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (S&D, Ireland), Hristo Petrov (Renew, Bulgaria), Martine Kemp (EPP, Luxembourg), Georgiana Teodorescu (ECR, Romania), Margarita de la Pisa Carrión (PfE, Spain)

Opinions

7 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (A10-0260/2025), 12 Feb 2026: final vote, main vote: A10-0260/2025 – João Oliveira – Motion for a resolution (as a whole), adopted, 385 for, 141 against, 53 abstentions; plus 23 more roll-call votes

Timeline

1. 6 May 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
2. 3 Jun 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
3. 19 Jun 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
4. 13 Oct 2025: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
5. 3 Dec 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
6. 22 Dec 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
7. 11 Feb 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)

• All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)