Decision

International passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions: cabotage operations between Austria and Switzerland

Effect: Passed
Result: 654 for · 4 against · 1 abstained roll call
Date: 7 July 2026, 13:35
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0174
Dossier: 2025/0407(COD)
Source: Committee report by Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi
Topics: Foreign affairs Transport & tourism Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 7 July 2026
Final vote: 195010

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2026-0174
Dossier: 2025/0407(COD)
Source: Committee report by Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi
Topics: Foreign affairs Transport & tourism Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 7 July 2026
Final vote: 195010

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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 30	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 15 of 45	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 50	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 128	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 73	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 78	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 175	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 185	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
ECR	For 75	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 82	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 75	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 25	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 23	Against 3	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 176 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Francisco José MILLÁN MON Spain

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	19	0	0	1	1.00
Belgium	22	0	0	0	1.00
Bulgaria	14	0	0	3	1.00
Cyprus	6	0	0	0	—
Czechia	18	0	0	3	1.00
Germany	92	0	0	4	1.00
Denmark	15	0	0	0	1.00
Estonia	6	0	0	1	—
Spain	53	1	1	5	0.95
Finland	14	0	0	1	1.00
France	66	0	0	15	1.00
Greece	17	2	0	2	0.84
Croatia	11	0	0	1	1.00
Hungary	19	0	0	2	1.00
Ireland	12	0	0	2	1.00
Italy	66	0	0	10	1.00
Lithuania	11	0	0	0	1.00
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	9	0	0	0	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	29	0	0	2	1.00
Poland	52	1	0	0	0.97
Portugal	18	0	0	3	1.00
Romania	30	0	0	3	1.00
Sweden	21	0	0	0	1.00
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
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
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches1	7 Jul 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 A10-0174/2026 – Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi – Commission proposal and amendments	Roll call	654 for, 4 against, 1 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0174

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Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law that would empower Austria to amend its 1958 bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland, allowing cabotage operations for coach and bus services in their border regions.

The authorisation is limited to specific Austrian border districts and requires no discrimination between EU and other carriers and no distortion of competition.

Parliament supports the proposal to improve cross-border public transport links and increase travel options for people in the area.

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed decision empowers Austria to amend its bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland to allow cabotage operations in border regions during international coach and bus services.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0407(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Empowering Austria to amend its existing bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the course of the provision of international road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between the two countries

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 17 July 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 27 January 2026 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 3 June 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 15 June 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 7 July 2026 (done)
Negotiations with the Council (done)
Published as law · 17 July 2026 (done)

Lead committee: TRAN · Rapporteur: Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI (EPP)

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/5
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “International passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions: cabotage operations between Austria and Switzerland”. Decision, 7 July 2026. votingId 195010, document A-10-2026-0174, reference 2025/0407(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-07-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{International passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions: cabotage operations between Austria and Switzerland}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195010, document A-10-2026-0174, reference 2025/0407(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}