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Follow its sittingsLi Andersson
I will wait so the vote is still open. I close the vote and it is adopted with 42 votes in favor, 2 against and 13 abstentions. All right, then we move on to the draft report regarding psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work. Compromise amendment A, those in favor, those against, abstentions, adopted. Compromise amendment B, those in favor, those against, abstentions, adopted.
Compromise amendment C, those in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.
Compromise amendment D, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise...
So as you see very extensive compromises. We are at compromise E, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted.
Compromise amendment F, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted. And the final vote is a roll call vote, I open the vote.
I close the vote. And it is adopted with 41 in favor, 12 against and 4 abstentions. So, the secretariat has been informed that the Patriots shadow on this file, Mrs. De La Pisa Carrión, would like to express a minority opinion under Rule 56.4. Mrs. De La Pisa Carrión, would you like to take the floor on this?
Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
The minority opinion is in the in other vote, I think. It's in the vote about psychosocial. So I will read it.
Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
Nuestro deber como legisladores es promover el bienestar público y la prosperidad privada. Para ello debemos buscar un equilibrio entre unas condiciones de trabajo dignas para los trabajadores y para el ejercicio de su actividad por un lado, y el derecho de los empresarios a la gestión y organización de su empresa por otro, como medio concreto de cumplir su vocación para la creación de prosperidad.
El borrador de informe no plantea adecuadamente este equilibrio, sino que se basa en concepciones de clase obsoletas e interfiere en las competencias nacionales, como por ejemplo las presunciones legales en el ámbito laboral, sin aportar valor añadido para las empresas establecidas en la Unión. El interés público orientado hacia el bien común demanda lo contrario en el momento actual, de acuerdo con los siguientes principios: moderación de la regulación para el desarrollo del empleo en nuestro continente, prudencia para el mantenimiento de nuestra protección social, colaboración mutua en materia de recursos humanos, formación para el progreso de los conocimientos técnicos y profesionales a la luz de la competencia multilateral y estabilidad para contrarrestar los riesgos de inflación y empobrecimiento. Gracias.
Li Andersson
Okay, we then move on to item number five. That is the proposal for establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programs and activities. All right. Compromise amendment A, those in favor? Those against?
Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment B, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Adopted. Amendment 229, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Rejected.
Compromise amendment C is a roll-call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote.
Adopted with 42 in favor, 10 against and 5 abstentions. Compromise amendment D. Those in favor? Those against? Abstentions.
Adopted. Compromise amendment F is a roll call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted.
Compromise amendment 17A. Those in favor? Those against? Abstentions. Adopted.
Amendment 280, part 2. Those in favor? Those against? Abstentions. Rejected.
Compromise amendment G. Those in favor? Those against? Abstentions. Let's check compromise amendment G.
I open the vote.
I close the vote. Adopted, 31 in favor, 22 against and 3 abstentions. Compromise amendment H, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Adopted. Amendment 302, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Rejected.
Amendment 303, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Let's check 303 just to be sure, I open the vote. I close the vote.
Rejected, 21 against, 19 in favor and 17 abstentions. Amendment 57, those in favor, those against, abstentions, rejected. Compromise amendment I, those in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Compromise amendment J, those in favor, those against, abstentions, adopted. Compromise amendment K, those in favor, those against, abstentions, adopted.
Compromise amendment L, those in favor, those against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment 343, those in favor, against, abstentions. Let's check 343 as well. I open the vote. I close the vote.
Adopted. Compromise amendment M, those in favor, those against, abstentions, adopted. Compromise amendment N, those in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment 378, those in favor, against, abstentions, rejected. Compromise amendment O, those in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.
Compromise amendment P, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment R, those in favor?
Against? Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment AA is a roll call vote, I open the vote. I close the vote.
Adopted, 43 in favor, 3 against and 11 abstentions. Compromise amendment BA is a roll call vote, I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted, 40 in favor, 6 against and 11 abstentions. Compromise amendment CA is a roll call vote, I open the vote.
I close the vote. Adopted, 43 in favor, 4 against and 9 abstentions. Amendment 688, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Rejected.
You want to check? Let's check 688. I open the vote. I close the vote. Rejected.
Yes.
Speaker 13
I do not think so. Yeah, so it was just a check of the vote, but it was clearly rejected.
Give the results.
Elisabetta Gualmini
Yes, but for a transparency reason, I think that we need to know the numbers. It is a roll call vote. Nobody contests.
Li Andersson
No, it was 11 in favor, 28 against, and 17 abstentions. And now we move on to amendment 151. Those in favor. Those against. Abstentions.
Adopted. Compromise amendment 1, those in favor. Those against. Abstentions. Adopted.
Compromise amendment 2, those in favor. Those against. Abstentions. Adopted. Compromise amendment 4, those in favor.
Those against. Abstentions. Adopted.
Compromise amendment four, those in favor, those against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment five, those in favor, those against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment six, those in favor, those against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment seven, those in favor, those against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment eight, those in favor, those against, abstentions adopted.
Compromise amendment nine, those in favor, those against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment ten, those in favor, those against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment eleven, those in favor, those against, abstentions adopted. Compromise amendment twelve, those in favor... It fell.
Yes, it has fallen because 302 and 378 were not adopted. So we are at compromise amendment 12. Those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Adopted. Compromise amendment 13, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Adopted.
Compromise amendment 14, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment 15, those in favor?
Those against? Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment 16, those in favor? Those against?
Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment 17, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Adopted. Compromise amendment 18, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Adopted.
And the final vote is a roll call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote.
And it is adopted with 14 in favor, 10 against, and 6 abstentions. All right, we then move on to the general budget for the financial year 27, and we first have the budgetary amendments and then the draft opinion. So, for the budgetary amendments, compromise amendment A is a roll call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote.
Adopted. We then have Budge 3. Budge 3, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Let's check to be sure, so I open the vote on Budge 3. Are you ready?
I close the vote. It is rejected because there is 26 votes in favor and 26 against. And since it is an amendment, it means it is rejected. Compromise amendment B is a roll-call vote. I open the vote.
So, are you ready? I close the vote. Adopted. Budg 6, Budg 8 and Budg 9 will be voted together. Those in favor?
Those against? Abstentions? Adopted. And the final vote is a roll-call vote. I open the vote.
I close the vote. Adopted with 47 in favor, 2 against, and 7 abstentions. We then have the draft opinion regarding the budget for the financial year 2027. We are starting with compromise amendment 1. Those in favor?
Those against? Abstentions? Adopted. Amendment 6. Those in favor?
Those against? Abstentions? Let's check this one. Amendment 6. I close the vote.
Rejected with 36 against and 20 in favor. Alternative compromise amendment 2 is a roll-call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted with 34 in favor, 16 against, and 7 abstentions.
Amendment 13. Those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Let's check 13. I open the vote. I close the vote. Rejected. Compromise amendment 2A is a roll call vote.
I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted. Amendment 19. Those in favor.
Against. Abstentions. Rejected. Amendment 21. Those in favor.
Against. Abstentions. It's rejected. Amendment 25. Those in favor.
Those against. Abstentions. Rejected. Amendment 26. Those in favor.
Sorry, can you lift your hands properly? Those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Let's check 26.
I open the vote. Let's close the vote. Rejected with 30 against and 27 in favor. 28 is a split vote. We vote on the first part with a roll-call vote.
I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted with 26 in favor, 24 against and 7 abstentions. We vote on the second part with a roll-call vote. I open the vote.
I close the vote. Rejected.
35 against and 22 in favor. Compromise amendment 3, those in favor. Those against. Adopted. Amendment 42, those in favor.
Abstentions. Rejected. Amendment 43, those in favor. Sorry, 43, those in favor. Against.
Abstentions. Rejected. Compromise amendment 5, those in favor. Against. Abstentions.
Adopted. Compromise amendment 6, those in favor. Against. Abstentions. Adopted.
Amendment 54, those in favor. Against. Abstentions. Rejected. Compromise amendment 7, those in favor.
Against. Abstentions. Adopted. Amendment 63, those in favor. Against.
Abstentions. I'm going to check 63, I open the vote. I close the vote. Ah yeah, it's rejected, 28 against and 27 in favor.
Compromise amendment 8, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted. Amendment 70, those in favor?
Against? Abstentions? Rejected. 73, those in favor? Against?
Abstentions? I'm going to check 73, I open the vote. I close the vote. Rejected, 30 against and 27 in favor. Amendment 74, those in favor?
Against? Abstentions? Adopted. 75, part number 1, those in favor? Against?
Abstentions? Adopted. Part number 2, those in favor? Against? Abstentions?
Let's check part number 2, I open the vote.
I close the vote. Ah, adopted. Part number three, in favor. Against. Abstentions.
Adopted. And 76 is a roll call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted with 29 in favor, 27 against and one abstention.
And the final vote is a roll call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote.
Adopted with 42 in favor and 9 against and 6 abstentions. Okay, then we have the Pan-European Personal Pension Product. So amendment 50, the rejection proposal, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Rejected. Compromise amendment A, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted.
Against? Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment B. B.
It's very logical. A, D, C, B. Compromise amendment B, those in favor? Against? Abstentions?
Adopted.
And the final vote is a roll call vote. I open the vote. Are you ready? I close the vote. Adopted with 31 in favor, 8 against and 13 abstentions.
All right, then we have the proposal regarding the establishment of the European Fund for Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion, Agriculture and Rural, Fisheries and Maritime Prosperity and Security 2028-2034. Compromise amendment 1, those in favor. Those against. Abstentions. Adopted.
Amendment 143, those in favor. Against. Abstentions. Rejected. Amendment 148, those in favor.
Against. Abstentions. Let's check 148.
I close the vote. Adopted with 27 in favor, 26 against, and 3 abstentions. Amendment 161, those in favor? Against? Abstentions?
Let's check 161. I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted, 27 in favor, 23 against, 6 abstentions. Compromise amendment 2, those in favor?
Those against? Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment 3, those in favor? Against?
Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment 4 is a roll-call vote. I open the vote.
I close the vote. Adopted with 39 in favor, five against, and 11 abstentions. Compromise amendment five, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Adopted. 234 and 235 will be voted together. Those in favor? Against? Abstentions?
Let's check. 234, 235, I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted with 27 in favor, 23 against, and six abstentions. Compromise amendment six, those in favor?
Against? Abstentions? Adopted. 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, and 278 are voted together. Those in favor?
Against? Abstentions? Let's check. I open the vote. Close the vote.
29 against, 26 in favor and one abstention. Compromise amendment 7. Those in favor? Against? Abstentions?
Rejected.
Adopted. 281, 282 and 283 are voted together. Those in favor? Those against? Abstentions?
Let's check. I open the vote. I close the vote. Rejected. 28 against, 26 in favor and one abstention.
292. Those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Rejected.
293. Those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Let's check 293.
I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted.
27 in favor, 23 against, 6 abstentions. 294, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Rejected.
Compromise amendment 8, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Adopted. 297, those in favor?
Those against? Abstentions? Rejected. Amendment 300, those in favor? Against?
Abstentions? Rejected. 304, those in favor? Against? Abstentions?
Let's check 304. I open the vote. I close the vote. Rejected. 30 against, 27 in favor.
Amendment 305, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Let's check 305. I open the vote.
I close the vote. Adopted. 27, 23, 7. Amendment 307, those in favor? Against?
Abstentions?
Let's check 307. I close the vote. Rejected, 30 against and 27 in favor. Compromise amendment 9, those in favor? Those against?
Abstentions? Adopted. 315, 16 and 317 will be voted together with a roll call vote, I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted.
34 in favor, 18 against and 5 abstentions. 318 is a roll call vote, I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted. 29 in favor, 17 against and 10 abstentions.
Amendment 320, those in favor. And it is rejected. 28 against, 28 in favor and one abstention. 321, those in favor. Against.
Abstention. Let's check 321. I open the vote. I close the vote. Rejected.
Compromise amendment 10, those in favor. Against. Abstentions. Adopted. Amendment 324, those in favor.
Against. Abstentions. Let's check 324. I open the vote. I close the vote.
Adopted. 27 in favor, 24 against and six abstentions. Amendment 341, those in favor.
Sorry, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Let's check 341, I open the vote. I close the vote.
Rejected, 30 against, 26 in favor and 1 abstention. Compromise amendment 11, those in favor? Those against? Abstentions? Adopted.
Compromise amendment 12, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Abstentions? Adopted.
Amendment 36, those in favor? Against? Abstentions? Rejected. Compromise amendment E, those in favor?
Against? Abstentions? Adopted. Compromise amendment F, those in favor? Against?
Abstentions? Adopted.
Compromise amendment G, those in favor? Against? Abstention? Adopted. Amendment 57, those in favor?
Against? Abstention? Rejected. Compromise amendment H, those in favor? Against?
Abstention? Adopted. Amendment 58, sorry, compromise amendment I, those in favor? Against? Abstention?
Adopted. Compromise amendment J, those in favor? Against? Abstention? Adopted.
Compromise amendment K, those in favor? Against? Abstention? Adopted. Compromise amendment L, those in favor?
Against? Abstention? Adopted. Compromise amendment M, those in favor? Against?
Abstention? Adopted. Compromise amendment N, those in favor? Against? Abstention?
Adopted. Compromise amendment O, those in favor? Against? Abstention? Adopted.
Compromise amendment P, those in favor? Against? Abstention? Adopted.
Amendment 89, those in favor. Sorry, those in favor, 89. Against. Abstention. Rejected.
Compromise amendment Q, those in favor. Against. Abstention. Adopted. Amendment 94, those in favor.
Against. Abstention. Adopted. Amendment 95, those in favor. Against.
Abstention. Adopted. Compromise amendment S, those in favor. Against. Abstention.
Adopted. Compromise amendment T, those in favor. Against. Abstention. Adopted.
Amendment 104, those in favor. Against. Abstention. Rejected. 105, those in favor.
Against. Abstention. Rejected. The final vote is a roll-call vote, I open the vote.
I close the vote. Adopted, 43 in favor, 5 against and 6 abstentions. All right, we have one more item on the agenda.
So if you are not staying, please leave the room quietly. So colleagues, we are continuing, so please, if you are not staying, please leave the room quietly.
All right, so the last item on the agenda for today is the presentation of a proposal for a Union act on protecting minors during work experience placements and the abolition of mandatory work experience outside vocational courses in secondary education. This proposal has been tabled by MEP Anthony Smith from the Left in accordance with Rule 47 of the Rules of Procedure and based on the right of initiative granted to Parliament under Article 225 based on Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union, and I will start by giving the floor to MEP Smith to present the proposal for the next five minutes. Please, the floor is yours.
Anthony Smith
Merci présidente, collègues. Aujourd'hui nous parlons de nos enfants. Nous parlons de jeunes de 14, 15 ou 16 ans que nous envoyons dans le monde du travail au nom de la découverte, de l'orientation et de la pédagogie. Mais pouvons-nous accepter que cette découverte se fasse au prix de leur vie ? Depuis janvier 2025, en France, six jeunes sont décédés lors de leur période de stage obligatoire.
Les données au niveau européen sont lacunaires mais il est certain que dans chacun de vos États des jeunes sont mis inutilement en danger. Si je suis présent aujourd'hui devant votre commission, c'est pour défendre, vous l'avez dit présidente, la nécessité d'un acte de l'Union visant à protéger les mineurs lors de ces stages et pour mettre fin aux stages obligatoires qui ne s'inscrivent pas dans un véritable cursus professionnel. Je tiens par ailleurs à avoir une pensée pour Sandra et Arnaud Darthenay qui nous regardent en ligne. Sandra et Arnaud sont les parents d'Axel, décédé le 18 juin 2025 à 16 ans sur son lieu de stage.
Ils mènent un combat exemplaire pour interpeller les autorités françaises sur le caractère néfaste et inutile de ces périodes de mise en situation professionnelle et je travaille avec eux pour tenter de modifier la législation ici en Europe. Nous partons d'un constat qui devrait nous rassembler : un stagiaire mineur n'a pas à travailler. Il n'a ni l'expérience ni la connaissance des risques nécessaires à sa mise en sécurité. On leur dit souvent vous êtes là pour observer, mais un lieu de travail reste un lieu de travail et la simple observation pendant des heures, des jours, des semaines n'est pas tenable, je l'ai constaté tant de fois dans mon métier d'inspecteur du travail. Et puis vous le savez, un chantier, une entreprise, c'est un lieu avec une multitude de risques inhérents à l'environnement de travail, aux machines, aux véhicules, aux outils, aux produits dangereux.
C'est aussi un espace où se reproduisent les discriminations, le racisme, les violences sexistes et sexuelles. On ne peut pas simplement supposer que le mot observation garantisse et rende sûr un tel environnement. Chaque drame nous conduit à interroger profondément le système actuel. En France par exemple, les jeunes sont 2,5 fois plus victimes d'accidents du travail que le reste des travailleurs. Mais derrière les statistiques et les articles de presse, il y a des prénoms, des familles, des parents qui pensaient envoyer leur enfant découvrir un métier et qui ne l'ont jamais revu rentrer.
Notre responsabilité politique c'est précisément pardon d'agir en amont pour que ces accidents graves, mortels ne puissent plus se reproduire.
La proposition qui est entre vos mains est claire. Elle demande la fin des stages obligatoires lorsque ces dispositifs ne font pas partie d'un cursus professionnel, technique ou qualifiant. Ces stages devraient être remplacés par des procédés plus sûrs, à l'instar des visites collectives encadrées ou de l'intervention de professionnels, employeurs comme syndicats, dans les établissements scolaires par exemple. Ce texte vise également à mieux réglementer les autres dispositifs de mise en situation professionnelle afin que les mineurs accueillis en stage puissent bénéficier d'un niveau de protection au moins équivalent à celui garanti aux jeunes travailleurs. La formation des élèves, mais également des formateurs doit être obligatoire, notamment en ce qui concerne les questions liées à la santé, la sécurité, aux conditions de travail et à l'encadrement pédagogique.
Le droit de retrait des stagiaires sans préjudice sur leur formation devrait se concrétiser tout comme la possibilité de saisir les autorités compétentes ou les services d'inspection du travail si les droits fondamentaux ne sont pas respectés. Cette proposition d'acte de l'Union pose également une question fondamentale, celle de la justice sociale. Aujourd'hui, comment les élèves trouvent-ils l'entreprise qui les accueillera pour effectuer ce stage obligatoire ? Très souvent grâce aux parents, aux amis, aux voisins, aux relations professionnelles. Autrement dit, plus votre famille dispose d'un réseau, plus il est facile de trouver un stage intéressant et sûr, et inversement pour les jeunes des classes populaires ne disposant pas de ce réseau, la recherche peut devenir une véritable épreuve.
L'école prétend garantir l'égalité des chances mais laisse aux familles la responsabilité individuelle de trouver un stage sous peine de ne pouvoir valider l'année scolaire de leur enfant.
Ce paradoxe doit cesser. L'école doit être un lieu d'émancipation, pas un système qui reproduit les inégalités de carnet d'adresses. Nous ne disons pas qu'il faut empêcher les jeunes de découvrir les métiers. Bien au contraire, nous voulons que cette découverte soit mieux organisée, mieux préparée et surtout plus égalitaire. C'est aux institutions de fixer les règles.
C'est à l'employeur d'assurer un environnement adapté et sécurisé. C'est à l'école de préparer et d'accompagner les élèves. L'Union doit garantir un niveau élevé de protection pour tous les jeunes, quels que soient leur pays, leur établissement scolaire ou leur milieu social. Collègues, en permettant à ce texte de débuter son parcours législatif, vous avez entre vos mains la possibilité pour notre institution d'envoyer un message fort en faveur de la protection de la jeunesse en Europe. Je ne siège pas dans votre commission, je ne souhaite pas empiéter sur vos prérogatives, mais il me semble important d'aborder ce sujet en cohérence avec votre activité législative, à l'instar par exemple de la résolution sur les morts au travail et de l'arrivée de la prochaine proposition législative du Quality Jobs Act.
Je vous remercie.
Li Andersson
Thank you very much. And are there any other members who wish to take the floor at this point?
If not, it means that the next step according to rule 47.2 of the rules of procedure, it will be now up for the coordinators to decide on a possible follow-up to this proposal for a Union act. This also means that our meeting for today is ended. Thank you all, and our next meeting will take place in the morning of next Thursday on the 10th of September.
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