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Decision to open negotiations with the Council

Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept

Vote
Decision to open negotiations with the Council
Decision
No. 1 of the sitting of 17 Dec 2025
Result
384 for · 237 against · 31 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
17 December 2025, 12:22
More facts (6)
Effect
Negotiating mandate approved — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 1 of 1 on the decision
Official label
A10-0255/2025 – Lena Düpont – Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations
Text
Report A-10-2025-0255
Dossier
2025/0132(COD)
Vote id
182896
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 384 for, 237 against, 31 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 59 % 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 0Against 46Abst. 2No vote 5 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 12Against 106Abst. 4No vote 14 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.80
RenewFor 11Against 31Abst. 23No vote 10 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.22
EPPFor 164Against 7Abst. 1No vote 16 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 24Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 20Against 5Abst. 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.

S&D members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria040
Belgium040
Bulgaria020
Cyprus100
Germany0110
Denmark200
Estonia020
Spain0190
Finland002
France0110
Greece030
Croatia030
Hungary020
Italy0200
Lithuania020
Luxembourg010
Latvia100
Malta300
Netherlands040
Poland030
Portugal080
Romania062
Sweden500
Slovenia010

Members

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No vote recorded, 67

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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 Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union levelFinal396 for, 202 against, 56 abstained Adopted For 61 %r · shared0.95 651 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 · shared0.95 597 voters
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 · shared0.93 571 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
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 · shared0.92 606 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 · shared0.91 547 voters
7 Jul 2026Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 25 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025Amendment357 for, 265 against, 15 abstained Adopted For 56 %Requested by ECRr · shared0.91 580 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 · shared0.91 598 voters
23 Oct 2024Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 64 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAmendment326 for, 293 against, 17 abstained Adopted For 51 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.90 573 voters
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 10 — 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 vote353 for, 240 against, 5 abstained Adopted For 59 %Requested by EPPr · shared0.89 544 voters
20 Jan 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingAmendment347 for, 277 against, 10 abstained Adopted For 55 %Requested by Patriotsr · shared0.89 585 voters

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-17/182896
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European Parliament (2025). “Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept”. Vote, 17 December 2025. votingId 182896, reference 2025/0132(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-17/182896 (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-2025-12-17-182896,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Decision to open negotiations with the Council — Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-17/182896}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-17/182896},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 182896, reference 2025/0132(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)}
}