Guidelines for the employment policies in 2009

The European Parliament adopted by 609 votes to 60 with 27 abstentions, a legislative resolution approving unamended, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States.

In doing so, Parliament reiterates its longstanding call on the Commission and the Council to ensure that the Parliament is given the necessary time, and in any event no less than five months, to fulfil its consultative role, as defined in Article 128(2) of the Treaty, during the full revision of the Employment Guidelines, which is scheduled to take place at the end of 2010.