Decision

Screening of third-country nationals at the external borders

Effect: Adopted
Result: 366 for · 229 against · 26 abstained roll call
Date: 10 April 2024, 18:31
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a clear majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0149
Dossier: 2020-0278
Source: Committee report by Birgit Sippel
Votes: 15 votes · 5 roll calls
Requested by: ID (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 10 April 2024
Final vote: 166904

Margin: by a clear majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0149
Dossier: 2020-0278
Source: Committee report by Birgit Sippel
Votes: 15 votes · 5 roll calls
Requested by: ID (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 10 April 2024
Final vote: 166904

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Result

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Adopted by a clear majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 11 parts of the text voted on separately (11 lapsed).

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

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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 12	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Greens	For 1	Against 24	Abst. 4	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
S&D	For 53	Against 8	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 35	Against 2	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 76	Against 7	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 16	Against 8	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 6	Against 21	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

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Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

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Members

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All votes on this decision, 15

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
1	Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act A9-0149/2023 – Birgit Sippel – Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act	Roll call	120 for, 498 against, 6 abstained Rejected
2	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0149/2023 – Birgit Sippel – Provisional agreement – Am 210	Roll call	366 for, 229 against, 26 abstained Adopted
3	Final vote Text as a whole	Show of hands	Lapsed

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0149/2023 – Birgit Sippel – Provisional agreement – Am 210	Roll call	366 for, 229 against, 26 abstained Adopted
3	Final vote Text as a whole	Show of hands	Lapsed

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
4	Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 2	Show of hands	Lapsed
5	Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 2	Show of hands	Lapsed
6	Separate vote on Article 4, paragraph 1	Show of hands	Lapsed
7	Separate vote on Article 4, paragraph 1	Show of hands	Lapsed
8	Separate vote on Article 6, paragraph 3	Show of hands	Lapsed
9	Separate vote on Article 6, paragraph 3	Show of hands	Lapsed
10	Separate vote on Article 7	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
11	Separate vote on Article 7	Show of hands	Lapsed
12	Separate vote on Article 8, paragraph 4	Show of hands	Lapsed
13	Vote on text inserted after recital 4	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
14	Separate vote on recital 18	Show of hands	Lapsed
15	Final vote Commission proposal	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

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Text

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Report A-9-2023-0149

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/45
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

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European Parliament (2024). “Screening of third-country nationals at the external borders”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 166904, document A-9-2023-0149, reference 2020-0278. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/45 (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-2024-04-10-45,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Screening of third-country nationals at the external borders}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/45}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/45},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166904, document A-9-2023-0149, reference 2020-0278. 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)}
}