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European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State

Effect
Passed
Result
607 for · 8 against · 17 abstained roll call
Date
24 April 2024, 13:57
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2023-0393
Source
Committee report by Antonius Manders, Alice Kuhnke
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
168458
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Result

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

Final vote: 607 for, 8 against, 17 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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

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 11Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 30Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 60Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 40Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 87Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 23Against 2Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 20Against 3Abst. 3Majority line ForClear line For
ESNFor 0Against 0Abst. 4Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained
No groupFor 3Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For

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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0059/2024 - Antonius Manders, Alice Kuhnke - Accord provisoire - Am 25 Roll call607 for, 8 against, 17 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0059

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive extending Directive [XXXX] to third-country nationals legally residing in a Member State. It makes the rules, rights and obligations of the European Disability Card and European Parking Card apply to these nationals, their personal assistants and assistance animals.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0393(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Extending Directive [XXXX] to third country nationals legally residing in a Member State

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 November 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 18 January 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 22 February 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 26 February 2024 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 19 March 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 24 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 14 November 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteurs: MEP #4560 (EPP), Alice KUHNKE (Greens)

Connections

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State”. Decision, 24 April 2024. votingId 168458, document A-9-2024-0059, reference 2023-0393. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/19 (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-2024-04-24-19,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-24},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/19}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/19},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168458, document A-9-2024-0059, reference 2023-0393. 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)}
}