Decision

Establishing a return border procedure, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1148

Effect: Passed
Result: 329 for · 253 against · 40 abstained roll call
Date: 10 April 2024, 18:30
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

More facts (7)

Margin: by a small majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0164
Dossier: 2016-0224B
Source: Committee report by Fabienne Keller
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 April 2024
Final vote: 166936

Margin: by a small majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0164
Dossier: 2016-0224B
Source: Committee report by Fabienne Keller
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 April 2024
Final vote: 166936

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

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Passed by a small majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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.
Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 0	Against 13	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Greens	For 1	Against 28	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
S&D	For 50	Against 12	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 35	Against 2	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 69	Against 9	Abst. 6	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 8	Against 15	Abst. 2	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 3	Against 24	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
ESN	For 0	Against 4	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 0	Against 3	Abst. 2	Majority line Against	Clear 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

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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 on the provisional agreement A9-0164/2024 – Fabienne Keller – Provisional agreement – Am 1	Roll call	329 for, 253 against, 40 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0164

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2016/0224(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Common procedure for international protection in the Union

Parliament’s negotiators are talking to the Council; the plenary vote on the outcome is still to come.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 21 October 2019 (done)
Committee work · LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) preparing the report (current stage)
Tabled for plenary (to come)
Plenary vote (to come)
Negotiations with the Council · Talks opened 30 May 2018 (current stage)
Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Fabienne KELLER (Renew)

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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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-10
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Establishing a return border procedure, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1148”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 166936, document A-9-2024-0164, reference 2016-0224B. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/4 (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-2024-04-10-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Establishing a return border procedure, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1148}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166936, document A-9-2024-0164, reference 2016-0224B. 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)}
}