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Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept

Effect
Passed
Result
396 for · 226 against · 30 abstained roll call
Date
10 February 2026, 12:58
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a clear majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0255
Dossier
2025/0132(COD)
Source
Committee report by Lena Düpont
Topics
Migration & asylum Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 2 roll calls
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Final vote
184168
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Cite this page Roll-call results (EP) (opens the official site)
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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: 396 for, 226 against, 30 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a clear majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first.

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

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 0Against 42Abst. 0No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 1Against 46Abst. 0No vote 6 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 20Against 93Abst. 8No vote 14 of 135Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.65
RenewFor 16Against 33Abst. 18No vote 8 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.24
EPPFor 168Against 8Abst. 1No vote 10 of 187Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
ECRFor 73Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 71Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 24Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 23Against 4Abst. 3No vote 2 of 32Majority 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, 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
Austria102710.29
Belgium116050.47
Bulgaria115010.53
Cyprus4101—
Czechia171030.92
Germany4733790.31
Denmark105000.50
Estonia4300—
Spain3025050.32
Finland65310.14
France3633570.23
Greece1110000.29
Croatia75000.38
Hungary142050.81
Ireland39110.54
Italy37280100.35
Lithuania5402—
Luxembourg3300—
Latvia7002—
Malta5001—
Netherlands1712020.38
Poland473030.91
Portugal216030.83
Romania263130.80
Sweden138000.43
Slovenia5400—
Slovakia80610.36

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
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS SpainEPPSpeeches110 Feb 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Pina PICIERNO changed group ItalyRenewSpeeches117 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against

All votes on this decision, 2

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
1Proposal to reject the text A10-0255/2025 – Lena Düpont – Proposal for rejection – Am 14= 15= 16= Roll call220 for, 396 against, 37 abstained Rejected
2Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0255/2025 – Lena Düpont – Provisional agreement – Am 13 Roll call396 for, 226 against, 30 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Greens.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0255

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law to amend the rules on applying the 'safe third country' concept in asylum procedures.

The proposal makes the connection between an applicant and a third country optional and removes the automatic suspensive effect of appeals, while preserving judicial protection.

Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal, and forwards its position to the Council and national parliaments.

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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 regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 on the 'safe third country' concept. It makes the connection criterion optional, allows application based on transit or agreements, and refines rules on unaccompanied minors and absconding.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0132(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the application of the ‘safe third country’ concept

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 26 February 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 10 July 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 December 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 9 December 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 27 January 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 February 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law · 26 February 2026 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Lena DÜPONT (EPP)

Other decisions on this dossier

Connections

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

Show 13 connections: Other decisions on this dossier · Running issue: Migration and asylum pact · Other decisions of the part-session on LIBE dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Other decisions on this dossier

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Running issue: Migration and asylum pact

Other decisions of the part-session on LIBE dossiers

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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/2026-02-10/2
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept”. Decision, 10 February 2026. votingId 184168, document A-10-2025-0255, reference 2025/0132(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-02-10/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 February 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-02-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 February 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-02-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-02-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-02-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-02-10-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-02-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-02-10/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-02-10/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 184168, document A-10-2025-0255, reference 2025/0132(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-02-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-02-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-02-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}