Decision

Driving licences

Effect: Approved without a vote
Result: approved without a vote
Date: 21 October 2025
Kind: New EU law · 2nd reading

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Text: Report A-10-2025-0191
Dossier: 2023/0053(COD)
Source: Committee report
Topics: Transport & tourism Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting: Tuesday 21 October 2025
Final vote: 180204

Text: Report A-10-2025-0191
Dossier: 2023/0053(COD)
Source: Committee report
Topics: Transport & tourism Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting: Tuesday 21 October 2025
Final vote: 180204

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Result

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No vote recorded

Approved without a vote.

The Council’s position was approved without a vote: at second reading it stands when no one moves to reject or amend it.

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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Victor NEGRESCU Romania	S&D	Speeches1	21 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	no roll call

All votes on this decision, 1

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No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote Approval without vote	No vote

Text

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Report A-10-2025-0191

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The directive updates EU rules on driving licences, introducing mutually recognised EU mobile driving licences and clarifying minimum age requirements.

Parliament approved the Council's position, meaning the act is adopted and will be signed and published.

The new rules also set medical fitness requirements, default validity periods, and rules for novice drivers and accompanied driving.

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Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on a directive on driving licences, which updates EU rules on driving licences.

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Dossier

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2023/0053(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Driving licences, amending Directive (EU) 2022/2561 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 383/2012

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 5 November 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 9 October 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 13 October 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 14 October 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Voted 21 October 2025 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 14 May 2025 (done)
Published as law · 5 November 2025 (done)

Lead committee: TRAN · Rapporteurs: MEP #96868 (Greens), Jutta PAULUS (Greens)

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/9
Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Driving licences”. Decision, 21 October 2025. votingId 180204, document A-10-2025-0191, reference 2023/0053(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/9 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-21/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Driving licences}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/9}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/9},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 180204, document A-10-2025-0191, reference 2023/0053(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}