Dossier · Consultation procedure
Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement
- Reference
- 2024/0187(CNS) Consultation procedure · consultation
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 June 2025 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Adopted by the Council
- Lead committee
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
More facts (5)
- Rapporteur
- Malik AZMANI
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 6 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 1
- Last vote
- 2 Apr 2025 · Passed
- Versions
- 3 versions
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 21 October 2024
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 19 March 2025
- Tabled for plenary (done) 24 March 2025
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 2 April 2025
- Adopted by the Council (done) 20 June 2025
Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.
People
Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.
- Lead committee
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
- Rapporteur
- Malik AZMANI (Renew)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE (EPP), Francisco ASSIS (S&D), Roberto VANNACCI (Patriots), Assita KANKO (ECR), Anna STROLENBERG (Greens), Estrella GALÁN (The Left)
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 2025 | Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement | New laws | Passed | 377 for, 279 against, 16 abstained by roll call |
Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.
Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).
- 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 8
Adopted 432–202–25
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- Against
-
Rejected 205–460–10
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
-
Rejected 205–463–8
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 28, adding text after recital 2
Rejected 125–536–10
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 29, adding text after recital 4
Rejected 184–479–8
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 24 to recital 23
Rejected 208–465–5
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 2 Apr 2025 Final vote
Adopted 377–279–16
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- Against
Add members’ columns
Versions, 3
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament2 Apr 2025
Adopted text TA10-0056/2025 TA-10-2025-0056
Tabled for plenary24 Mar 2025
Report A10-0041/2025 A-10-2025-0041
Committee draft19 Nov 2024
Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-766606
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0056/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposed Council regulation on strengthening the security of identity cards and residence documents for EU citizens and their family members. It approves the proposal with amendments, focusing on data protection and access to biometric data.
- Report A10-0041/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposed Council regulation on strengthening the security of identity cards and residence documents for EU citizens and their family members exercising free movement rights.
- Draft report (LIBE): The draft report approves the Commission proposal for a Council regulation on strengthening the security of identity cards and residence documents for EU citizens and their families, following a Court of Justice ruling on legal basis.
What changed
Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.
No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.
Timeline, 8
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 1 step · 20 Jun 2025
20 June 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 3 steps · 24 Mar 2025–2 Apr 2025
2 April 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 2 Apr 2025 Adopted text TA10-0056/2025Report A10-0041/2025
26 March – 31 March 2025
29 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Amendments 1–19Amendments 20–22Amendments 23–27Amendments 28–29
24 March 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps · 21 Oct 2024–19 Mar 2025
19 March 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
31 January 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
19 November 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
21 October 2024
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Connections
Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.
Texts voted on
Other dossiers of the same rapporteur
- Dossier Establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union, and repealing Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, Council Directive 2001/40/EC and Council Decision 2004/191/EC 2025/0059(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure 17 Jun 2026 Passed
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement”. Dossier, 2 April 2025. procId 2024-0187, reference 2024/0187(CNS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0187 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F0187(CNS). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-0187 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2024-0187,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-04-02},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0187}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0187},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2024-0187, reference 2024/0187(CNS). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024\%2F0187(CNS). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}