Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies

2025/2131(INL) · Legislative initiative procedure

Procedure 2025/2131(INL) (legislative initiative procedure) concerns “Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies”; the committee responsible is EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 20 Jan 2026: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 20 Jan 2026 (final vote): adopted with 420 votes in favour, 207 against and 20 abstentions.

Reference: 2025/2131(INL)
Type: Legislative initiative procedure
Status: Concluded in Parliament
Lead: EMPL Employment and Social Affairs
Parliamentary committee for opinion on legal basis: JURI Legal Affairs (opinion: Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens/EFA, Germany))
Rapporteur: Jana Toom (Renew, Estonia)
Shadow rapporteurs: Rudi Kennes (The Left, Belgium), Sara Matthieu (Greens/EFA, Belgium), Klára Dobrev (S&D, Hungary), Gheorghe Falcă (EPP, Romania), Georgiana Teodorescu (ECR, Romania), Séverine Werbrouck (PfE, France)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies (A10-0261/2025), 20 Jan 2026: final vote, main vote: A10-0261/2025 – Jana Toom – Motion for a resolution (as a whole), adopted, 420 for, 207 against, 20 abstentions; plus 5 more roll-call votes

Timeline

8 Jul 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
10 Jul 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
3 Sep 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
3 Dec 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
11 Dec 2025: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
12 Dec 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
19 Jan 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)

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.