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Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement

Effect
Passed
Result
377 for · 279 against · 16 abstained roll call
Date
2 April 2025, 13:31–13:32
Kind
New EU law · Consultation
More facts (9)
Margin
by a small majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0041
Dossier
2024/0187(CNS)
Source
Committee report by Malik Azmani
Topics
EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
13 votes · 7 roll calls · 6 amendments
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call) · ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Final vote
173708
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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.

Final vote: 377 for, 279 against, 16 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a small majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 6 amendments (1 adopted, 5 rejected) and 5 parts of the text voted on separately (5 rejected).

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

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 8Against 36Abst. 0No vote 2 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.73
GreensFor 0Against 46Abst. 3No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.91
S&DFor 131Against 1Abst. 1No vote 3 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
RenewFor 71Against 1Abst. 0No vote 3 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 160Against 8Abst. 1No vote 19 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
ECRFor 3Against 71Abst. 4No vote 2 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.87
PatriotsFor 0Against 72Abst. 7No vote 7 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.87
ESNFor 1Against 23Abst. 0No vote 2 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 3Against 21Abst. 0No vote 4 of 28Majority 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, 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, 38

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.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria128000.40
Belgium107320.25
Bulgaria114020.60
Cyprus2400—
Czechia67800.07
Germany5136080.38
Denmark95010.46
Estonia6100—
Spain4117020.56
Finland105000.50
France3245040.38
Greece317010.78
Croatia92010.73
Hungary210090.75
Ireland113000.68
Italy3537040.27
Lithuania83000.59
Luxembourg3300—
Latvia4500—
Malta5001—
Netherlands169330.36
Poland2722040.33
Portugal174000.71
Romania219120.52
Sweden128010.40
Slovenia7110—
Slovakia77010.25

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.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches12 Apr 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 13

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
1Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively Counted468 for, 174 against, 38 abstained Adopted
2Amendment 8 A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 8 Roll call432 for, 202 against, 25 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Amendment 26 to Article 3, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2 A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – Article 3, § 2, sub§ 2 – Am 26 Roll call205 for, 460 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 8 A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 8 Roll call432 for, 202 against, 25 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Amendment 26 to Article 3, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2 A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – Article 3, § 2, sub§ 2 – Am 26 Roll call205 for, 460 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2 Show of hands Rejected
5Amendment 27 to Article 6, paragraph 1, after point e A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – Article 6, § 1, after point e – Am 27 Roll call205 for, 463 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
6Amendment 28, adding text after recital 2 A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – After recital 2 – Am 28 Roll call125 for, 536 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN
7Amendment 29, adding text after recital 4 A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – After recital 4 – Am 29 Roll call184 for, 479 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN
8Separate vote on recital 22 Show of hands Rejected
9Amendment 24 to recital 23 A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – recital 23 – Am 24 Roll call208 for, 465 against, 5 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
10Separate vote on recital 23 Show of hands Rejected
11Separate vote on recital 26 Show of hands Rejected
12Separate vote on recital 26 Show of hands Rejected
13Final vote A10-0041/2025 – Malik Azmani – Commission proposal Roll call377 for, 279 against, 16 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by Patriots, ESN.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0041

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament adopted its position on a proposal to strengthen security of identity cards and residence documents for EU citizens and their families.

The proposal follows a Court of Justice ruling that the previous law was based on the wrong legal basis.

Parliament approved the Commission's proposal as amended and calls on the Council to inform it if it intends to depart from the text.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament's amended version of the proposed Council regulation on strengthening the security of identity cards and residence documents for EU citizens and their family members exercising free movement rights.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0187(CNS) · Consultation procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 June 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 21 October 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 19 March 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 24 March 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 2 April 2025 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 20 June 2025 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Malik AZMANI (Renew)

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/1
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Data source
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25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement”. Decision, 2 April 2025. votingId 173708, document A-10-2025-0041, reference 2024/0187(CNS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 2 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 2 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-02, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-04-02/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-04-02-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-04-02},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-02/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 173708, document A-10-2025-0041, reference 2024/0187(CNS). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-02-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-02 (CC BY 4.0)}
}