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Decision to open negotiations with the Council

Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level

Vote
Decision to open negotiations with the Council
Decision
No. 2 of the sitting of 17 Dec 2025
Result
396 for · 202 against · 56 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
17 December 2025, 12:23
More facts (6)
Effect
Negotiating mandate approved — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 1 of 1 on the decision
Official label
A10-0259/2025 – Alessandro Ciriani – Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations
Text
Report A-10-2025-0259
Dossier
2025/0101(COD)
Vote id
182895
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 396 for, 202 against, 56 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 61 % of the votes cast were for.

This was the final vote on the decision: Negotiating mandate approved.

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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 0Against 42Abst. 0No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 1Against 43Abst. 4No vote 5 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.84
S&DFor 13Against 107Abst. 2No vote 14 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.82
RenewFor 20Against 5Abst. 42No vote 8 of 75Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.44
EPPFor 165Against 1Abst. 7No vote 15 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
ECRFor 75Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 78Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 23Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 21Against 4Abst. 1No vote 4 of 30Majority 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, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

No group members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria100
Cyprus100
Czechia100
Germany810
Spain100
France100
Greece130
Luxembourg100
Poland100
Slovakia501

Members

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Similar votes

Roll calls that split the chamber the most similarly: r is the correlation of members’ positions, over the members who voted in both. Other votes on the same decision are left out.

Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
17 Dec 2025Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Application of the ‘safe third country’ conceptFinal384 for, 237 against, 31 abstained Adopted For 59 %r · shared0.95 651 voters
10 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union levelFinal408 for, 184 against, 60 abstained Adopted For 63 %r · shared0.94 600 voters
17 Jun 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)Final418 for, 218 against, 30 abstained Adopted For 63 %r · shared0.93 607 voters
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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
26 Mar 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)Final389 for, 206 against, 32 abstained Adopted For 62 %r · shared0.93 573 voters
10 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Application of the ‘safe third country’ conceptFinal396 for, 226 against, 30 abstained Adopted For 61 %r · shared0.91 599 voters
17 Sept 2026Recital F — part 3 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersSplit vote381 for, 190 against, 4 abstained Adopted For 66 %Requested by EPPr · shared0.90 523 voters
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 10 — part 2 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersSplit vote363 for, 231 against, 7 abstained Adopted For 60 %Requested by EPPr · shared0.89 548 voters
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersFinal339 for, 225 against, 16 abstained Adopted For 58 %Requested by EPP, ESNr · shared0.89 529 voters
17 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersFinal405 for, 242 against, 8 abstained Adopted For 62 %r · shared0.89 651 voters
6 Jul 2026Monday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group — Italy and Denmark Final vote Monday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group – Italy and DenmarkOther283 for, 142 against, 11 abstained Adopted For 65 %r · shared0.88 399 voters

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-17/182895
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European Parliament (2025). “Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level”. Vote, 17 December 2025. votingId 182895, reference 2025/0101(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-17/182895 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-17/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2025-12-17-182895,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-17/182895}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-17/182895},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 182895, reference 2025/0101(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}