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Decision

Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure

Effect
Passed
Result
301 for · 272 against · 46 abstained roll call
Date
10 April 2024, 18:29
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
narrowly
Dossier
2020-0277
Source
Committee report by Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Votes
17 votes · 8 roll calls
Requested by
ID (1 roll call)
Final vote
166979
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Result

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

Final vote: 301 for, 272 against, 46 abstained (roll call).

Passed narrowly.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 13 parts of the text voted on separately (13 lapsed).

Backed by S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by The Left, Greens, 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.
GroupForAgainstAbst.Majority lineClear lineBar
The LeftFor 0Against 12Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
GreensFor 0Against 27Abst. 2Majority line AgainstClear line Against
S&DFor 48Against 12Abst. 3Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 33Against 2Abst. 3Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 70Against 14Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 6Against 15Abst. 3Majority line AgainstClear line Divided
PatriotsFor 0Against 24Abst. 3Majority line AgainstClear line Against
ESNFor 0Against 4Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
No groupFor 1Against 4Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against

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

The debate speakers are not available right now.

All votes on this decision, 17

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
1Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act A9-0127/2023 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act Roll call128 for, 485 against, 5 abstained Rejected
2Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0127/2023 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Provisional agreement – Am 131 Roll call301 for, 272 against, 46 abstained Adopted
3Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
Show the other 16 votesShow the other 14 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0127/2023 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Provisional agreement – Am 131 Roll call301 for, 272 against, 46 abstained Adopted
3Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 2, after point b Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
5Separate vote on Article 2, after paragraph 7 Show of hands Lapsed
6Separate vote on Article 6, after paragraph 1 Show of hands Lapsed
7Separate vote on recital 4 Show of hands Lapsed
8Vote on text inserted after recital 4 Show of hands Lapsed
9Separate vote on recital 6 Show of hands Lapsed
10Separate vote on recital 6 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
11Vote on text inserted after recital 6 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
12Vote on text inserted after recital 6 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
13Vote on text inserted after recital 6 Show of hands Lapsed
14Vote on text inserted after recital 7 Show of hands Lapsed
15Vote on text inserted after recital 12 Show of hands Lapsed
16Vote on text inserted after recital 14 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
17Final vote Commission proposal Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Roll call requested by ID.

Text

The text voted on.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2020/0277(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 11 November 2020 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 28 March 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 5 April 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 22 May 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D)

Connections

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

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

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

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 166979, document A-9-2023-0127, reference 2020-0277. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-10-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166979, document A-9-2023-0127, reference 2020-0277. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}