ENVote in the European Parliament
Establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union, and repealing Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, Council Directive 2001/40/EC and Council Decision 2004/191/EC
Malik Azmani – Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations
Date: 26.03.2026Reference: A10-0048/2026EU police cooperationillegal migrationjudicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EUright to informationthird countryFrontexdata sharingreturn migrationright of asylumrefugeeSchengen Information Systemresettlement of personsfundamental rightsEU migration policy
Overall Result
Adopted- 389 For
- 206 Against
- 32 Abstention
- 91 Did not vote
How we count
- Yes, No and Abstention come from the European Parliament's roll-call voting protocol.
- “Did not vote” is derived: MEPs with a mandate on the voting day for whom no vote was recorded. Abstentions do not count towards this.
- Subsequent vote corrections are shown but do not change the official result.
- Each vote (overall vote, amendment, partial vote) counts separately. Therefore totals may differ from pages that count differently.
Status and procedure
Outcome as recorded by the European Parliament.
- Vote held on
- Latest recorded step
- Official Journal · (29 days ago)
- Next scheduled step
- No further step is scheduled in the source.
- Publication in the Official Journal recorded
Procedure timeline
2025/0059(COD) · COD
Recorded procedure activities. These do not establish whether a law has entered into force.
- Recorded: Referral
- Recorded: Committee stage
- Recorded: Plenary
- Recorded: Negotiations
- Recorded: Committee stage
- Recorded: Plenary
- Recorded: Signature
- Latest recorded: Official Journal
Recorded activities (29)
- Referral to committee
- Committee report tabled
- Committee amendments tabled
- Committee amendments tabled
- Committee amendments tabled
- Committee amendments tabled
- Committee amendments tabled
- Committee amendments tabled
- Committee amendments tabled
- Committee report adopted
- Tabling for plenary
- Plenary endorses start of interinstitutional negotiations
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- Plenary vote
- Plenary vote results
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- Provisional agreement approved in committee
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Tabling for plenary
- Plenary debate
- Parliament’s first-reading position
- Plenary vote
- Plenary vote results
- Signature
- Publication in the Official Journal
Scheduled activities (not confirmation of completion)
- Plenary vote
- Plenary debate
- Plenary vote
Procedure file (OEIL) · European Parliament data
Retrieved:
Sources
Data: EP Open Data API
What is this about?
- New regulation on return of illegally staying third-country nationals.
- Harmonisation of procedures via regulation from 2027 .
- Enhanced cooperation with third countries on repatriations.
Vote by political group
How the political groups voted
Renew Europe (Renew)For12
- 12For
- 31Against
- 22Abstention
- 12Did not vote
Patriots for Europe (PfE)For83
- 83For
- 0Against
- 0Abstention
- 2Did not vote
Non-attached Members (NI)For23
- 23For
- 2Against
- 1Abstention
- 4Did not vote
European People's Party (EPP)For165
- 165For
- 6Against
- 2Abstention
- 11Did not vote
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)For73
- 73For
- 0Against
- 0Abstention
- 8Did not vote
Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN)For26
- 26For
- 0Against
- 0Abstention
- 1Did not vote
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)For7
- 7For
- 85Against
- 6Abstention
- 37Did not vote
Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)For0
- 0For
- 45Against
- 1Abstention
- 7Did not vote
The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)For0
- 0For
- 37Against
- 0Abstention
- 9Did not vote
Members
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| Name | Country | Group | Vote Position |
|---|---|---|---|
 Czechia | PfE | For | |
 Romania | NI | For | |
 Sweden | EPP | For | |
 Germany | EPP | For | |
 Italy | ECR | For | |
| Germany | EPP | For | |
 Spain | EPP | For | |
 France | PfE | For | |
| Italy | ECR | For | |
 Bulgaria | EPP | For |
