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Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement
Passed by a small majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 377
- Against
- 279
- Abstained
- 16
roll-call vote at 13:32 · 56% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Malik Azmani · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · Report A-10-2025-0041
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposal to strengthen security of identity cards and residence documents for EU citizens and their families.§1: source passage in the text The proposal follows a Court of Justice ruling that the previous law was based on the wrong legal basis.§2: source passage in the text Parliament approved the Commission's proposal as amended and calls on the Council to inform it if it intends to depart from the text.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: The Left, Greens, ECR, Patriots, ESN
- The Left Against 8 for, 36 against, 0 abstainedof 47
- Greens Against 0 for, 46 against, 3 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 131 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 71 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 160 for, 8 against, 1 abstainedof 193
- ECR Against 3 for, 71 against, 4 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Against 0 for, 72 against, 7 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 1 for, 23 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 3 for, 21 against, 0 abstainedof 28
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
38 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (36 of 44). For: 8
Carolina Morace (Italy), Danilo Della Valle (Italy), Dario Tamburrano (Italy), Gaetano Pedulla' (Italy), Mario Furore (Italy)
3 more from The Left
Merja Kyllönen (Finland), Pasquale Tridico (Italy), Valentina Palmisano (Italy)
Greens voted against (46 of 49). Abstained: 3
Catarina Vieira (Netherlands), Kim van Sparrentak (Netherlands), Tineke Strik (Netherlands)
S&D voted for (131 of 133). Against: 1, Abstained: 1
Elena Sancho Murillo (Spain, against), Maria Grapini (Romania, abstained)
Renew voted for (71 of 72). Against: 1
Charles Goerens (Luxembourg)
EPP voted for (160 of 169). Against: 8, Abstained: 1
Branko Grims (Slovenia, abstained), Dimitris Tsiodras (Greece, against), Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi (Greece, against), Emmanouil Kefalogiannis (Greece, against), Fredis Beleris (Greece, against)
4 more from EPP
Georgios Aftias (Greece, against), Loucas Fourlas (Cyprus, against), Michalis Hadjipantela (Cyprus, against), Vangelis Meimarakis (Greece, against)
ECR voted against (71 of 78). For: 3, Abstained: 4
Adam Bielan (Poland, for), Assita Kanko (Belgium, abstained), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium, abstained), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, abstained), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, abstained)
2 more from ECR
Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, for), Waldemar Tomaszewski (Lithuania, for)
Patriots voted against (72 of 79). Abstained: 7
Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia), Klara Dostalova (Czechia), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia)
2 more from Patriots
Ondřej Kovařík (Czechia), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia)
ESN voted against (23 of 24). For: 1
René Aust (Germany)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 6 amendments (1 adopted, 5 rejected) and 5 parts of the text voted on separately (5 rejected).