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

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

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Lead committee

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE

Rapporteur

Lena DÜPONT (EPP)

Shadow rapporteurs

Cecilia STRADA (S&D), Fabrice LEGGERI (Patriots), Assita KANKO (ECR), Fabienne KELLER (Renew), Erik MARQUARDT (Greens), Ilaria SALIS (The Left), Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK (ESN)

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).

Key: ✓ For ✗ Against ○ Abstained ÷ Divided (no clear line)

1. 17 Dec 2025 Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote

   Adopted 384–237–31

   The Left

   Against ✗

   Greens

   Against ✗

   S&D

   Against ✗

   Renew

   Divided ÷

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

2. 10 Feb 2026 Proposal to reject the text

   Rejected 220–396–37

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   Divided ÷

   EPP

   Against ✗

   ECR

   Against ✗

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

3. 10 Feb 2026 Final vote on the provisional agreement

   Adopted 396–226–30

   The Left

   Against ✗

   Greens

   Against ✗

   S&D

   Against ✗

   Renew

   Divided ÷

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

1. Adopted by Parliament10 Feb 2026

   Adopted text TA10-0026/2026 TA-10-2026-0026

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary9 Dec 2025

   Report A10-0255/2025 A-10-2025-0255

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft17 Oct 2025

   Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-778391

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0255/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0026/2026

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The adopted text encourages Union-level agreements and adds transparency obligations, while removing the connection and transit grounds for applying the safe third country concept. It also clarifies that unaccompanied minors are exempt from agreements unless they pose a security danger, and allows member states to use all grounds before examining merits.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (LIBE) → Report A10-0255/2025

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The changes broaden the safe third country concept by allowing application without a connection, based on transit, and with more flexibility for unaccompanied minors, while adding transparency requirements for agreements. The text encourages Union-level agreements and removes a safeguard that previously ensured access to asylum procedures when conditions could not be applied. Transparency obligations are strengthened by requiring information to Parliament and Member States, but the earlier requirement to inform when opening negotiations is dropped. The other changes are formal: renumbering of recitals and minor wording adjustments.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0132

Official source

• Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL) ↗

Data source

• EP Open Data API: procedure record ↗

Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Retrieved

25 September 2026

European Parliament (2026). “Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the application of the ‘safe third country’ concept”. Dossier, 10 February 2026. procId 2025-0132, reference 2025/0132(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0132 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0132(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0132 (CC BY 4.0).

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