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EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Effect
Consent given
Result
565 for · 83 against · 14 abstained roll call
Date
21 January 2026, 12:50
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0248
Dossier
2024/0305(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Jaroslav Bžoch
Topics
Foreign affairsMigration & asylum Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 21 January 2026
Final vote
183058
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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: 565 for, 83 against, 14 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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

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 9Against 28Abst. 1No vote 8 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.61
GreensFor 1Against 48Abst. 2No vote 2 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.91
S&DFor 113Against 2Abst. 1No vote 20 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
RenewFor 71Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 178Against 0Abst. 1No vote 8 of 187Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 74Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 80Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 22Against 0Abst. 3No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
No groupFor 17Against 5Abst. 6No vote 2 of 30Majority 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, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Lukas SIEPER 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, 20

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
Austria182000.85
Belgium144130.61
Bulgaria160011.00
Cyprus5100—
Czechia191010.93
Germany6619650.59
Denmark104010.57
Estonia7000—
Spain484080.88
Finland105000.50
France55130130.71
Greece145110.55
Croatia110100.88
Hungary190021.00
Ireland112010.77
Italy685030.90
Lithuania8012—
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia9000—
Malta4002—
Netherlands228010.60
Poland450350.91
Portugal162120.76
Romania282030.90
Sweden154020.68
Slovenia8100—
Slovakia140011.00

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 MaltaEPPSpeeches121 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0248/2025 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decision Roll call565 for, 83 against, 14 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0248

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The agreement allows the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to carry out operational activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including deploying border management teams with executive powers.

Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement, meaning the EU can now finalize it.

Parliament asks the Agency to promptly inform it of activities under the agreement and to include assessments of third-country cooperation in its annual reports.

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement between the EU and Bosnia and Herzegovina on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0305(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Agreement between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 11 March 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 7 July 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 December 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 5 December 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 21 January 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 11 March 2026 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Jaroslav BŽOCH (Patriots)

Connections

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

Show 20 connections: Running issue: Bosnia and Herzegovina · Running issue: Irregular migration to EU · Running issue: Migration and asylum pact · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Running issue: Irregular migration to EU

Running issue: Migration and asylum pact

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-21/2
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. Decision, 21 January 2026. votingId 183058, document A-10-2025-0248, reference 2024/0305(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-21/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-21-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 21 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-01-21/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-01-21-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-21/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-21/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 183058, document A-10-2025-0248, reference 2024/0305(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-21-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}