Decision

Ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal

Effect: Rejected
Result: 212 for · 347 against · 29 abstained roll call
Date: 28 February 2024, 13:02–13:12
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a clear majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0032
Dossier: 2023-2086
Source: Committee report by Cornelia Ernst
Votes: 67 votes · 10 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by: EPP (1 roll call, 16 split votes, 1 separate vote) · ECR (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 28 February 2024
Final vote: 164578

Margin: by a clear majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0032
Dossier: 2023-2086
Source: Committee report by Cornelia Ernst
Votes: 67 votes · 10 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by: EPP (1 roll call, 16 split votes, 1 separate vote) · ECR (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 28 February 2024
Final vote: 164578

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Rejected by a clear majority.

Parliament rejected the text.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 65 parts of the text voted on separately (47 adopted, 11 rejected, 7 lapsed).

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

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Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 1	Against 11	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Greens	For 0	Against 29	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
S&D	For 54	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 32	Against 0	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 5	Against 75	Abst. 5	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
ECR	For 1	Against 23	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Patriots	For 0	Against 23	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
ESN	For 0	Against 3	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 0	Against 5	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against

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All votes on this decision, 67

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	Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 1 Négociations en cours en vue d’un accord sur le statut des activités opérationnelles menées par l’Agence européenne de garde-frontières et de garde-côtes (Frontex) au Sénégal - Ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal - Laufende Verhandlungen über eine Statusvereinbarung über operative Tätigkeiten, die von der Europäischen Agentur für die Grenz- und Küstenwache (Frontex) in Senegal durchgeführt werden - A9-0032/2024 - Cornelia Ernst - Après le § 1 - Am 19	Roll call	292 for, 299 against, 10 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR
2	Separate vote on paragraph 2	Counted	284 for, 302 against, 22 abstained Rejected	Requested bysplit: EPP
3	Separate vote on paragraph 2	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Separate vote on paragraph 2	Counted	284 for, 302 against, 22 abstained Rejected	Requested bysplit: EPP
3	Separate vote on paragraph 2	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
4	Separate vote on paragraph 2	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested bysplit: EPP
5	Separate vote on paragraph 2	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed	Requested bysplit: EPP
6	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 2	Counted	318 for, 278 against, 7 abstained Adopted
7	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 2	Counted	283 for, 310 against, 3 abstained Rejected
8	Separate vote on paragraph 3	Counted	316 for, 274 against, 4 abstained Adopted	Requested byseparate: EPP
9	Separate vote on paragraph 4	Counted	325 for, 274 against, 4 abstained Adopted	Requested byseparate: EPP
10	Separate vote on paragraph 5	Counted	334 for, 266 against, 8 abstained Adopted	Requested byseparate: EPP
11	Paragraph 6 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘Calls on the Commission to perform an ex ante fundamental rights impact assessments that are relevant to the areas linked to the potential Frontex deployment’, ‘on the conclusion of status agreements’ and ‘in accordance with recital 88 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896;’”	Counted	362 for, 234 against, 13 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
12	Paragraph 6 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
13	Separate vote on paragraph 8	Counted	293 for, 302 against, 9 abstained Rejected	Requested bysplit: EPP
14	Separate vote on paragraph 8	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
15	Separate vote on paragraph 8	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested bysplit: EPP
16	Separate vote on paragraph 8	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed	Requested bysplit: EPP
17	Paragraph 9, point 9.1, point a — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘in line with the approach of the Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer (FRO) when launching operations on the territory of a third country and in cooperation with the FRO, always’ and ‘before engaging in negotiations with third countries’”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
18	Paragraph 9, point 9.1, point a — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Counted	342 for, 252 against, 8 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
19	Separate vote on paragraph 9, point 9.1, sous-point b A9-0032/2024 - Cornelia Ernst - § 9, point 9.1, sous-point b	Roll call	337 for, 236 against, 12 abstained Adopted
20	Paragraph 9, point 9.1, point c — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘sufficient and accessible internal and external’ and ‘for non-EU individuals’”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
21	Paragraph 9, point 9.1, point c — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
22	Separate vote on paragraph 9, point 9.1, point d	Counted	444 for, 139 against, 20 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: EPP
23	Separate vote on paragraph 9, point 9.1, point d	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed	Requested byroll call: EPP
24	Paragraph 9, point 9.1, point g — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and candidates for migration’”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
25	Paragraph 9, point 9.1, point g — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
26	Separate vote on paragraph 9, point 9.1, point j	Counted	335 for, 259 against, 12 abstained Adopted	Requested byseparate: EPP
27	Separate vote on paragraph 9, point 9.1, point l	Counted	363 for, 234 against, 9 abstained Adopted
28	Paragraph 9, point 9.1, point m — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘procedures for persons in need, including access to information, legal assistance, interpretation services and necessary support, can be effectively exercised and where the independence of judicial and human rights institutions’”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
29	Paragraph 9, point 9.1, point m — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
30	Paragraph 9, point 9.2, sous-point b — part 1 A9-0032/2024 - Cornelia Ernst - § 9, point 9.2, sous-point b/1	Roll call	331 for, 267 against, 9 abstained Adopted
31	Separate vote on paragraph 9, point 9.2, point b	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
32	Paragraph 10, point 10.2, point a — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and the human rights context in the country’”	Show of hands	Rejected	Requested bysplit: EPP
33	Paragraph 10, point 10.2, point a — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP
34	Paragraph 10, point 10.2, sous-point a — part 2 A9-0032/2024 - Cornelia Ernst - § 10, point 10.2, sous-point a/2	Roll call	329 for, 264 against, 12 abstained Adopted
35	Separate vote on paragraph 10, point 10.2, point d, point i	Show of hands	Rejected
36	Separate vote on paragraph 10, point 10.2, point d, point ii	Counted	314 for, 274 against, 19 abstained Adopted
37	Separate vote on paragraph 10, point 10.2, point d, point iii	Counted	285 for, 293 against, 30 abstained Rejected
38	Paragraph 11 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘Recalls that human rights violations of a serious nature or that are likely to persist are cause for the presence of Frontex personnel to be questioned and should trigger a re-evaluation or suspension of the Frontex deployment in Senegal, in accordance with Article 46(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 and Article 18 of the model status agreement;’ without the words: ‘are cause for the presence of Frontex personnel to be questioned and’	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
39	Paragraph 11 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Show of hands	Rejected	Requested bysplit: EPP
40	Paragraph 11 — part 3 A9-0032/2024 - Cornelia Ernst - § 11/3 Part voted on: “calls on Frontex to denounce any such actions in order to avoid all complicity in human rights violations and to cooperate with relevant authorities to ensure the prompt and impartial investigation of any alleged human rights abuses;”	Roll call	329 for, 258 against, 18 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: EPP; split: EPP
41	Vote on text inserted after recital C	Counted	319 for, 270 against, 5 abstained Adopted
42	Vote on text inserted after recital C	Counted	304 for, 263 against, 17 abstained Adopted
43	Recital F — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas according to Regulation (EU) 2019/1896, in situations where the Commission recommends that the Council authorise it to negotiate a status agreement with a third country, the Commission should assess the fundamental rights situation relevant to the areas covered by the status agreement in that third country;”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
44	Recital F — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas such an assessment has not been performed yet; whereas in its report of 21 May 2019, the Frontex Consultative Forum called on Frontex to carry out an effective fundamental rights impact assessment prior to engaging with a third country;”	Counted	325 for, 243 against, 5 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
45	Separate vote on recital H	Counted	325 for, 262 against, 8 abstained Adopted	Requested byseparate: EPP
46	Separate vote on recital L	Show of hands	Rejected	Requested bysplit: EPP
47	Separate vote on recital L	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
48	Separate vote on recital L	Counted	335 for, 263 against, 4 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
49	Vote on text inserted after recital L	Show of hands	Rejected
50	Separate vote on recital M	Counted	341 for, 247 against, 17 abstained Adopted	Requested byseparate: EPP
51	Separate vote on recital N	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested byseparate: EPP
52	Separate vote on recital O	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested byseparate: EPP
53	Recital R — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas since September 2003, Senegal has been a party to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its additional protocols; whereas in December 2020, the government created the Inter-ministerial Committee Fighting Clandestine Migration by decree; whereas the committee worked on a national strategy for the fight against irregular migration that was adopted on 27 July 2023 and will be implemented until 2032;”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
54	Recital R — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas the Senegalese legal framework on smuggling is not in line with the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, which outlines that migrants should not be criminalised after interception;”	Counted	341 for, 258 against, 1 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
55	Vote on text inserted after recital R	Show of hands	Rejected
56	Recital T — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘not’”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
57	Recital T — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
58	Separate vote on recital U	Counted	300 for, 283 against, 22 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
59	Separate vote on recital U	Show of hands	Lapsed	Requested bysplit: EPP
60	Separate vote on recital U	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed	Requested bysplit: EPP
61	Vote on text inserted after recital U	Counted	303 for, 289 against, 5 abstained Adopted
62	Recital V — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘whereas Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 codifies EU lawful residents’ right of public access to documents, and also provides for the possibility of granting document access to individuals residing outside the EU;’	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
63	Recital V — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: ‘whereas Frontex restricts access to its documents to EU or Schengen country nationals or residents, including legal persons residing or having a registered office in these countries, even though it is increasingly active, in some cases with executive powers and a mandate to use force, in non-EU territory; whereas it is almost exclusively non-EU citizens or residents who are affected by Frontex’s actions in third countries; whereas civil society organisations in Senegal face difficulties in accessing information on the possible status agreement;’	Counted	324 for, 271 against, 3 abstained Adopted	Requested bysplit: EPP
64	Separate vote on recital W	Counted	290 for, 289 against, 11 abstained Adopted	Requested byseparate: EPP
65	Vote on text inserted after recital W	Counted	265 for, 270 against, 72 abstained Rejected
66	Separate vote on recital Y	Counted	284 for, 276 against, 41 abstained Adopted
67	Final vote — text as a whole A9-0032/2024 - Cornelia Ernst - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)	Roll call	212 for, 347 against, 29 abstained Rejected

Roll calls requested by EPP, ECR · split votes by EPP (16) · separate votes by EPP.

Text

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Report A-9-2024-0032

Dossier

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2023/2086(INI) · Own-initiative report

Report on the ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal

Parliament rejected the text on 28 February 2024; no position was adopted.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 15 June 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 31 January 2024 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 7 February 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Rejected 28 February 2024 (done)
Parliament’s position · No text adopted (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Author: MEP #96852 (The Left)

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-28/10
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 February 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 28 February 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-28
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Retrieved: 26 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal”. Decision, 28 February 2024. votingId 164578, document A-9-2024-0032, reference 2023-2086. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-28/10 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-28-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 28 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-28-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-28, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-02-28/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

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@misc{epw-decision-2024-02-28-10,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-02-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-28/10}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-28/10},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 164578, document A-9-2024-0032, reference 2023-2086. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-28-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-28-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-28 (CC BY 4.0)}
}