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Final vote on the provisional agreement

Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)

Vote
Final vote on the provisional agreement
Decision
No. 2 of the sitting of 17 Jun 2026
Result
418 for · 218 against · 30 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
17 June 2026, 13:51
More facts (6)
Effect
Passed — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 3 of 6 on the decision
Official label
A10-0048/2026 – Malik Azmani – Provisional agreement – Am 4
Text
Report A-10-2026-0048
Dossier
2025/0059(COD)
Vote id
194134
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The members file includes members in office who did not vote.

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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 418 for, 218 against, 30 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 63 % of the votes cast were for.

This was the final vote on the decision: Passed.

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 43Abst. 0No vote 2 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 2Against 44Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
S&DFor 9Against 106Abst. 11No vote 9 of 135Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.76
RenewFor 37Against 21Abst. 12No vote 8 of 78Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.29
EPPFor 166Against 1Abst. 3No vote 15 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
ECRFor 78Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 82Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 79Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 26Against 0Abst. 0No vote 1 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 21Against 3Abst. 4No vote 1 of 29Majority 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, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

ECR members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium300
Bulgaria100
Cyprus100
Czechia400
Denmark100
Estonia100
Spain200
Finland100
France400
Greece100
Croatia100
Italy2400
Lithuania100
Latvia300
Netherlands300
Poland1800
Romania600
Sweden300

Members

Each member’s recorded position, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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No vote recorded, 53

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

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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 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 · shared0.93 551 voters
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 · shared0.93 607 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 · shared0.93 589 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
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 · shared0.92 608 voters
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 · shared0.92 606 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 · shared0.90 609 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 · shared0.90 546 voters
13 Nov 2025Referral back to committee Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsProcedural426 for, 202 against, 8 abstained Adopted For 67 %r · shared0.89 594 voters
13 Nov 2025Final vote Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsFinal382 for, 249 against, 13 abstained Adopted For 59 %r · shared0.89 602 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 · shared0.88 415 voters

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Sources & citation

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194134
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Final vote on the provisional agreement — Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)”. Vote, 17 June 2026. votingId 194134, reference 2025/0059(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194134 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-06-17/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2026-06-17-194134,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Final vote on the provisional agreement — Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-06-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194134}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194134},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 194134, reference 2025/0059(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}