Decision
EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia
- Effect
- Consent given
- Result
- 505 for · 90 against · 43 abstained roll call
- Date
- 21 January 2025, 12:28
- Kind
- International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
- Margin
- by a large majority
- Dossier
- 2024/0074(NLE)
- Source
- Committee report by Karlo Ressler
- Topics
- Foreign affairsMigration & asylum Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 1 vote · 1 roll call
- Sitting
- Tuesday 21 January 2025
- Final vote
- 171425
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 505 for, 90 against, 43 abstained (roll call).
Consent given by a large majority.
Parliament gave its consent.
Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left and Greens; ESN mostly abstained.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 0 | Against 30 | Abst. 12 | No vote 4 of 46 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.57 | |
| Greens | For 0 | Against 50 | Abst. 2 | No vote 1 of 53 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.94 | |
| S&D | For 117 | Against 5 | Abst. 0 | No vote 14 of 136 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.94 | |
| Renew | For 67 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 8 of 75 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| EPP | For 170 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 18 of 188 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| ECR | For 65 | Against 0 | Abst. 1 | No vote 14 of 80 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.98 | |
| Patriots | For 72 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 14 of 86 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| ESN | For 0 | Against 2 | Abst. 20 | No vote 3 of 25 | Majority line Abstained | Clear line Abstained | Cohesion 0.86 | |
| No group | For 14 | Against 3 | Abst. 8 | No vote 5 of 30 | Majority line — | Clear line No line | Cohesion — |
Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.
Voted against their group, 22
Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.
The Left line Against · 12 abstained of 42 who voted
Abstained (12)
- Carolina MORACE Italy
- Danilo DELLA VALLE Italy
- Dario TAMBURRANO Italy
- Elena KOUNTOURA Greece
- Gaetano PEDULLA' Italy
- Giuseppe ANTOCI Italy
- Konstantinos ARVANITIS Greece
- Mario FURORE Italy
- Nikolas FARANTOURIS Greece
- Nikos PAPPAS Greece
- Pasquale TRIDICO Italy
- Valentina PALMISANO Italy
Greens line Against · 2 abstained of 52 who voted
Abstained (2)
- Mārtiņš STAĶIS Latvia
- Vladimir PREBILIČ Slovenia
S&D line For · 5 voted against of 122 who voted
Voted against (5)
- Estelle CEULEMANS Belgium
- Lara WOLTERS Netherlands
- Marit MAIJ Netherlands
- Mohammed CHAHIM Netherlands
- Thijs REUTEN Netherlands
ECR line For · 1 abstained of 66 who voted
Abstained (1)
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
ESN line Abstained · 2 voted for or against of 22 who voted
Voted for or against (2)
- Ivan DAVID Czechia
- Siegbert Frank DROESE Germany
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.82 |
| Belgium | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0.61 |
| Bulgaria | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.68 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Czechia | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.82 |
| Germany | 53 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 0.41 |
| Denmark | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.54 |
| Estonia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spain | 47 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0.78 |
| Finland | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0.38 |
| France | 60 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0.72 |
| Greece | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.33 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.86 |
| Hungary | 15 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.91 |
| Ireland | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | — |
| Italy | 57 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0.72 |
| Lithuania | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.73 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Latvia | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Malta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Netherlands | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.45 |
| Poland | 45 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.88 |
| Portugal | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.84 |
| Romania | 21 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.87 |
| Sweden | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.63 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Slovakia | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.80 |
Members
Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonella SBERNA Italy | ECR | Speeches1 | 21 Jan 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
All votes on this decision, 1
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0027/2024 - Karlo Ressler - Projet de décision du Conseil | Roll call | 505 for, 90 against, 43 abstained Adopted |
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
The European Parliament voted on the agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia on operational activities by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Serbia.
Parliament gave its consent, meaning the agreement can be concluded.
The agreement enables the Agency to conduct joint operations and deploy border management teams in Serbia, including at its borders with non-EU countries.
Parliament asks the Agency to promptly inform it of implementation activities and to include cooperation assessments in annual reports.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Serbia on operational activities by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Serbia.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2024/0074(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure
EU/ Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 13 March 2025 and now EU law.
Show the 5 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 16 September 2024 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 3 December 2024 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 5 December 2024 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 21 January 2025 (done)
- Adopted by the Council · 13 March 2025 (done)
Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Karlo RESSLER (EPP)
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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Running issue: Irregular migration to EU
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia”. Decision, 21 January 2025. votingId 171425, document A-10-2024-0027, reference 2024/0074(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-01-21/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 January 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-21-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 21 January 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-01-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-01-21/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-01-21-1,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-21},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-01-21/1}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-01-21/1},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 171425, document A-10-2024-0027, reference 2024/0074(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-21-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-01-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}