Decision

Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries

Effect: Passed
Result: 521 for · 89 against · 17 abstained roll call
Date: 24 April 2024, 13:55
Kind: New EU law · Consultation

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0178
Dossier: 2023-0441
Source: Committee report by Loránt Vincze
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Final vote: 168631

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0178
Dossier: 2023-0441
Source: Committee report by Loránt Vincze
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Final vote: 168631

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

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

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by 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 11	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 30	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 59	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 40	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 84	Against 0	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 11	Against 14	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 4	Against 17	Abst. 4	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
ESN	For 0	Against 4	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 2	Against 2	Abst. 0	Majority line Tie	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

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, 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 A9-0178/2024 - Loránt Vincze - Proposition de la Commission	Roll call	521 for, 89 against, 17 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0178

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0441(CNS) · Consultation procedure

Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries

Parliament gave its opinion on 24 April 2024. The Council takes the final decision.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 9 March 2026 (done)
Committee work · LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) preparing the report (done)
Tabled for plenary · 19 April 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 24 April 2024 (done)
Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteurs: Lena DÜPONT (EPP), Loránt VINCZE (EPP)

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

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/16
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-24
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries”. Decision, 24 April 2024. votingId 168631, document A-9-2024-0178, reference 2023-0441. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/16 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-24, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-24/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-24-16,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-24},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/16}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/16},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168631, document A-9-2024-0178, reference 2023-0441. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-24 (CC BY 4.0)}
}