Decision

Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims

Effect: Passed
Result: 563 for · 7 against · 17 abstained roll call
Date: 23 April 2024, 13:59
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0285
Dossier: 2022-0426
Source: Committee report by Malin Björk, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 23 April 2024
Final vote: 168442

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0285
Dossier: 2022-0426
Source: Committee report by Malin Björk, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 23 April 2024
Final vote: 168442

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Result

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Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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

Groups

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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 8	Against 0	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 28	Against 0	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 59	Against 1	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 34	Against 0	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 78	Against 1	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 21	Against 1	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Patriots	For 21	Against 0	Abst. 3	Majority line For	Clear line For
ESN	For 2	Against 0	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
No group	For 3	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For

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, 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 A9-0285/2023 – Malin Björk, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop – Provisional agreement – Am 2	Roll call	563 for, 7 against, 17 abstained Adopted

Text

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Report A-9-2023-0285

Dossier

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2022/0426(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 24 June 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 1 February 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 5 October 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 10 October 2023 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 15 February 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 23 April 2024 (done)
Published as law · 24 June 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteurs: MEP #124992 (The Left), MEP #197785 (The Left)

Connections

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/18
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-23
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims”. Decision, 23 April 2024. votingId 168442, document A-9-2023-0285, reference 2022-0426. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/18 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-23, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-23/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-23-18,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-23},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/18}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/18},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168442, document A-9-2023-0285, reference 2022-0426. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-23 (CC BY 4.0)}
}