Decision

Empowering the French Republic to negotiate, sign and conclude an international agreement on the safety and interoperability requirements within the Channel Fixed Link

Effect: Passed
Result: 636 for · 2 against · 3 abstained roll call
Date: 7 February 2024, 12:52
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0018
Dossier: 2023-0192
Source: Committee report by Petar Vitanov
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 7 February 2024
Final vote: 163753

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0018
Dossier: 2023-0192
Source: Committee report by Petar Vitanov
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 7 February 2024
Final vote: 163753

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN.

Groups

Members counted in their current group: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

Members’ votes by their current group. Majority: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group’s votes, otherwise Divided.
Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 14	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 29	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 62	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 40	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 90	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 28	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Patriots	For 27	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
ESN	For 2	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
No group	For 4	Against 2	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For

Voted against their group, 0

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast) of their group — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

Countries

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Members

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All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote A9-0018/2024 – Petar Vitanov – Commission proposal and amendments	Roll call	636 for, 2 against, 3 abstained Adopted

Text

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Report A-9-2024-0018

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0192(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 18 March 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 10 July 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 8 January 2024 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 30 January 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 7 February 2024 (done)
Negotiations with the Council (done)
Published as law · 18 March 2024 (done)

Lead committee: TRAN · Rapporteur: MEP #197844 (S&D)

Connections

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No connections found for this decision.

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/2
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 February 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 7 February 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-07
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Empowering the French Republic to negotiate, sign and conclude an international agreement on the safety and interoperability requirements within the Channel Fixed Link”. Decision, 7 February 2024. votingId 163753, document A-9-2024-0018, reference 2023-0192. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-02-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-02-07-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Empowering the French Republic to negotiate, sign and conclude an international agreement on the safety and interoperability requirements within the Channel Fixed Link}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-02-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 163753, document A-9-2024-0018, reference 2023-0192. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}