Decision

Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Cabo Verde

Effect: Passed
Result: 659 for · 1 against · 1 abstained roll call
Date: 17 June 2026, 14:03
Kind: New EU law · Consultation

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0157
Dossier: 2026/0041(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Ilhan Kyuchyuk
Topics: Foreign affairs Justice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 17 June 2026
Final vote: 193543

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0157
Dossier: 2026/0041(NLE)
Source: Committee report by Ilhan Kyuchyuk
Topics: Foreign affairs Justice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 17 June 2026
Final vote: 193543

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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.

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 44	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 45	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 46	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 124	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 71	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 78	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 166	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 18 of 185	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
ECR	For 78	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 82	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 78	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 26	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 26	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 2 of 29	Majority 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, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 1

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.

EPP line For · 1 voted against of 167 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Kinga KOLLÁR Hungary

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).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	18	0	0	2	1.00
Belgium	21	0	0	1	1.00
Bulgaria	15	0	0	2	1.00
Cyprus	6	0	0	0	—
Czechia	20	0	0	1	1.00
Germany	87	0	0	9	1.00
Denmark	15	0	0	0	1.00
Estonia	6	0	0	1	—
Spain	56	0	0	4	1.00
Finland	14	0	0	1	1.00
France	77	0	0	4	1.00
Greece	20	0	0	1	1.00
Croatia	11	0	0	1	1.00
Hungary	15	1	0	5	0.91
Ireland	12	0	0	2	1.00
Italy	71	0	0	5	1.00
Lithuania	9	0	0	2	—
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	9	0	0	0	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	30	0	0	1	1.00
Poland	49	0	1	3	0.97
Portugal	19	0	0	2	1.00
Romania	26	0	0	7	1.00
Sweden	21	0	0	0	1.00
Slovenia	7	0	0	2	—
Slovakia	14	0	0	1	1.00

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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Javi LÓPEZ Spain	S&D	Speeches1	17 Jun 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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote A10-0157/2026 – Ilhan Kyuchyuk – Proposal for a Council decision	Roll call	659 for, 1 against, 1 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0157

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The proposal authorises EU member states to accept, in the Union's interest, Cabo Verde's accession to the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction.

Parliament approved the authorisation, meaning member states can now accept the accession, making the Convention effective in cases involving the EU and Cabo Verde.

Parliament forwards its position to the Council, the Commission, member states' governments and parliaments, and the Hague Conference's Permanent Bureau.

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Parliament approves the authorisation of Member States to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Cabo Verde to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of the International Child Abduction.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/0041(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Authorising Member States to accept, in the interests of the European Union, the accession of Cabo Verde to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 July 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 27 April 2026 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 3 June 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 8 June 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 17 June 2026 (done)
Adopted by the Council · 21 July 2026 (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew)

Connections

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

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Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/6
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Cabo Verde”. Decision, 17 June 2026. votingId 193543, document A-10-2026-0157, reference 2026/0041(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/6 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-06-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-06-17-6,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Cabo Verde}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-06-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 193543, document A-10-2026-0157, reference 2026/0041(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}