Decision

Schengen Borders Code

Effect: Passed
Result: 311 for · 267 against · 53 abstained roll call
Date: 24 April 2024, 13:42
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

More facts (7)

Margin: by a small majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0280
Dossier: 2021-0428
Source: Committee report by Sylvie Guillaume
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Final vote: 168272

Margin: by a small majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0280
Dossier: 2021-0428
Source: Committee report by Sylvie Guillaume
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Final vote: 168272

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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 9	Abst. 2	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Greens	For 0	Against 29	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
S&D	For 43	Against 3	Abst. 12	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 39	Against 1	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 68	Against 15	Abst. 4	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 1	Against 22	Abst. 3	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Patriots	For 1	Against 25	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
ESN	For 0	Against 4	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 1	Against 3	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against

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

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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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 A9-0280/2023 - Sylvie Guillaume - Accord provisoire - Am 163	Roll call	311 for, 267 against, 53 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0280

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2016/399, the Schengen Borders Code, on the movement of persons across borders.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2021/0428(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 June 2024 and now EU law.

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Referred to committee · 14 February 2022 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 20 September 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 27 September 2023 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 19 March 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 24 April 2024 (done)
Published as law · 20 June 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: MEP #96952 (S&D)

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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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/7
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

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European Parliament (2024). “Schengen Borders Code”. Decision, 24 April 2024. votingId 168272, document A-9-2023-0280, reference 2021-0428. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/7 (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-2024-04-24-7,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Schengen Borders Code}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-24},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/7}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/7},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168272, document A-9-2023-0280, reference 2021-0428. 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)}
}