Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Migration & asylum
Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept
Negotiating mandate approved
Parliament let its committee open negotiations with the Council on the basis of the committee’s report.
On the decision to open negotiations with the Council:
- For
- 384
- Against
- 237
- Abstained
- 31
roll-call vote at 12:22 · 59% of votes cast were for the decision to open negotiations with the Council
Committee report by Lena Düpont · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0255
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law amending the rules on the 'safe third country' concept in asylum procedures.§1: source passage in the text The law aims to make the concept's application more flexible and consistent across member states, including by making the 'connection' requirement optional and changing appeal rules.§2: source passage in the text Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Against: The Left, Greens, S&D; Divided: Renew
- The Left Against 0 for, 42 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens Against 0 for, 46 against, 2 abstainedof 54
- S&D Against 12 for, 106 against, 4 abstainedof 137
- Renew Divided 11 for, 31 against, 23 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 164 for, 7 against, 1 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 75 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots For 78 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 87
- ESN For 24 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 20 for, 5 against, 1 abstainedof 30
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
26 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
Greens voted against (46 of 48). Abstained: 2
Mārtiņš Staķis (Latvia), Virginijus Sinkevičius (Lithuania)
S&D voted against (106 of 122). For: 12, Abstained: 4
Adnan Dibrani (Sweden, for), Alex Agius Saliba (Malta, for), Christel Schaldemose (Denmark, for), Costas Mavrides (Cyprus, for), Daniel Attard (Malta, for)
11 more from S&D
Eero Heinäluoma (Finland, abstained), Evin Incir (Sweden, for), Heléne Fritzon (Sweden, for), Johan Danielsson (Sweden, for), Maria Guzenina (Finland, abstained), Marianne Vind (Denmark, for), Nils Ušakovs (Latvia, for), Sofie Eriksson (Sweden, for), Ştefan Muşoiu (Romania, abstained), Thomas Bajada (Malta, for), Victor Negrescu (Romania, abstained)
EPP voted for (164 of 172). Against: 7, Abstained: 1
Hélder Sousa Silva (Portugal, against), Lídia Pereira (Portugal, against), Maria Walsh (Ireland, against), Pascal Arimont (Belgium, abstained), Paulo Cunha (Portugal, against)
3 more from EPP
Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral (Portugal, against), Sebastião Bugalho (Portugal, against), Sérgio Humberto (Portugal, against)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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