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Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections

Effect
No final vote
Result
No final vote
Date
17 June 2025, 13:45
Kind
New EU law · Consultation
More facts (7)
Text
Report A-10-2025-0090
Dossier
2021/0372(CNS)
Source
Committee report by Sven Simon
Topics
EU institutions & ParliamentJustice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
5 votes · 2 roll calls
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 17 June 2025
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Votes on this decision

Result

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

MEPs decided on 4 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 3 rejected).

This decision had no final vote on the text; the votes taken are listed under All votes.

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
Antonella SBERNA ItalyECRSpeeches117 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site)no roll call

All votes on this decision, 5

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
1Separate vote on Article 12, paragraph 1 Show of hands Rejected
2Separate vote on recital 9 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on recital 20 Show of hands Rejected
4Separate vote on paragraph 2 A10-0090/2025 – Sven Simon – § 2 Roll call306 for, 158 against, 202 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
5Council draft A10-0090/2025 – Sven Simon – Council draft Roll call587 for, 60 against, 21 abstained Adopted
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on recital 9 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on recital 20 Show of hands Rejected
4Separate vote on paragraph 2 A10-0090/2025 – Sven Simon – § 2 Roll call306 for, 158 against, 202 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
5Council draft A10-0090/2025 – Sven Simon – Council draft Roll call587 for, 60 against, 21 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0090

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Parliament approves the Council draft on the directive for EU citizens voting in European Parliament elections in their member state of residence, as adapted to legal service recommendations.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2021/0372(CNS) · Consultation procedure

Laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (recast)

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 September 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 7 October 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 14 May 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 16 May 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Voted 17 June 2025 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 8 September 2025 (done)

Lead committee: AFCO · Rapporteurs: Sven SIMON (EPP), Damian BOESELAGER (Greens)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 11 connections: Running issue: European elections 2024 · Running issue: EU fundamental rights · Other decisions of the part-session on AFCO dossiers

Running issue: European elections 2024

Running issue: EU fundamental rights

Other decisions of the part-session on AFCO dossiers

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Sources & citation

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/3
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections”. Decision, 17 June 2025. document A-10-2025-0090, reference 2021/0372(CNS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 17 June 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-06-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-06-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-06-17-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-06-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. document A-10-2025-0090, reference 2021/0372(CNS). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-06-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}