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EU external border protection

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4 on 4 sitting days
Outcomes
4 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
21 Jan 2025 – 17 Sept 2026
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EU initiative
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Active
Last 90 days
1 decision
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4
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Consent 1 · New laws 1 · Resolutions 2
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EU efforts to strengthen protection of its external borders against hybrid threats and migrant instrumentalisation.

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Decisions, 4

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders ResolutionsAdopted339 for, 225 against, 16 abstained by roll call
18 Dec 2025Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania ResolutionsAdopted438 for, 37 against, 48 abstained by roll call
7 Oct 2025Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism New lawsPassed518 for, 96 against, 24 abstained by roll call
21 Jan 2025EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia ConsentConsent given505 for, 90 against, 43 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 4

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders 2026-2870Decisions117 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania 2025-3025Decisions118 Dec 2025 · Adopted
Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism 2023-0371Decisions17 Oct 2025 · Adopted
EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia 2024-0074Decisions121 Jan 2025 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 4 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor0Against3Abst.0Divided1With outcome0of4
GreensFor1Against3Abst.0Divided0With outcome1of4
S&DFor3Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome3of4
RenewFor3Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome3of4
EPPFor4Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome4of4
ECRFor4Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome4of4
PatriotsFor4Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome4of4
ESNFor2Against1Abst.1Divided0With outcome2of4

Connections

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-external-border-protection
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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “EU external border protection”. Running issue, 17 September 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-external-border-protection (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-issue-eu-external-border-protection,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{EU external border protection}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-external-border-protection}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-external-border-protection},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}