Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Migration & asylum
Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level
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
- 396
- Against
- 202
- Abstained
- 56
roll-call vote at 12:23 · 61% of votes cast were for the decision to open negotiations with the Council
Committee report by Alessandro Ciriani · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0259
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law establishing a Union-level list of safe countries of origin, amending the Asylum Procedure Regulation.§1: source passage in the text The list would designate certain countries as safe, allowing accelerated or border procedures for asylum applications from those countries.§1: source passage in the text Parliament calls on 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 1 for, 43 against, 4 abstainedof 54
- S&D Against 13 for, 107 against, 2 abstainedof 137
- Renew Divided 20 for, 5 against, 42 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 165 for, 1 against, 7 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 75 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots For 78 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 87
- ESN For 23 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 21 for, 4 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
28 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
Greens voted against (43 of 48). For: 1, Abstained: 4
Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Denmark, abstained), Mārtiņš Staķis (Latvia, for), Rasmus Nordqvist (Denmark, abstained), Villy Søvndal (Denmark, abstained), Virginijus Sinkevičius (Lithuania, abstained)
S&D voted against (107 of 122). For: 13, Abstained: 2
Adnan Dibrani (Sweden, for), Alex Agius Saliba (Malta, for), Christel Schaldemose (Denmark, for), Costas Mavrides (Cyprus, for), Daniel Attard (Malta, for)
10 more from S&D
Eero Heinäluoma (Finland, abstained), Evin Incir (Sweden, for), Heléne Fritzon (Sweden, for), Johan Danielsson (Sweden, for), Maria Grapini (Romania, for), Maria Guzenina (Finland, abstained), Marianne Vind (Denmark, for), Nils Ušakovs (Latvia, for), Sofie Eriksson (Sweden, for), Thomas Bajada (Malta, for)
EPP voted for (165 of 173). Against: 1, Abstained: 7
Hélder Sousa Silva (Portugal, abstained), Lídia Pereira (Portugal, abstained), Maria Walsh (Ireland, against), Pascal Arimont (Belgium, abstained), Paulo Cunha (Portugal, abstained)
3 more from EPP
Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral (Portugal, abstained), Sebastião Bugalho (Portugal, abstained), Sérgio Humberto (Portugal, abstained)
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