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Decision

European cross-border associations

Effect
Passed
Result
490 for · 69 against · 64 abstained roll call
Date
13 March 2024, 12:34
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Dossier
2023-0315
Source
Committee report by Sergey Lagodinsky
Votes
3 votes · 1 roll call
Requested by
ECR (1 separate vote)
Final vote
166262
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Result

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

Final vote: 490 for, 69 against, 64 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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

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.
GroupForAgainstAbst.Majority lineClear lineBar
The LeftFor 12Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 27Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 65Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 34Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 92Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 5Against 4Abst. 17Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided
PatriotsFor 0Against 21Abst. 3Majority line AgainstClear line Against
ESNFor 0Against 4Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
No groupFor 1Against 3Abst. 2Majority line AgainstClear line Divided

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

The final vote by national delegation.

The breakdown by country is not available right now.

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

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All votes on this decision, 3

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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively Show of hands Adopted
2Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote Show of hands Adopted
3Final vote A9-0062/2024 – Sergey Lagodinsky – Commission proposal Roll call490 for, 69 against, 64 abstained Adopted

separate votes by ECR.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0062

AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on European cross-border associations creates a legal form, the 'European cross-border association' (ECBA), recognised automatically in all member states.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0315(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 13 March 2024. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 2 October 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 13 February 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 27 February 2024 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 13 March 2024 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council (to come)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: Sergey LAGODINSKY (Greens)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “European cross-border associations”. Decision, 13 March 2024. votingId 166262, document A-9-2024-0062, reference 2023-0315. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-13/12 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 13 March 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-13-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 13 March 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-13-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-13, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-03-13/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-03-13-12,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European cross-border associations}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-03-13},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-13/12}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-13/12},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166262, document A-9-2024-0062, reference 2023-0315. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-13-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-13-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-13 (CC BY 4.0)}
}