Vote · Final vote
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
- Dossier
- 2025/0059(COD)
- Vote id
- 194134
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Roll-call results (EP) (opens the official site)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
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 0 | Against 43 | Abst. 0 | No vote 2 of 45 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Greens | For 2 | Against 44 | Abst. 0 | No vote 7 of 53 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.93 | |
| S&D | For 9 | Against 106 | Abst. 11 | No vote 9 of 135 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.76 | |
| Renew | For 37 | Against 21 | Abst. 12 | No vote 8 of 78 | Majority line For | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.29 | |
| EPP | For 166 | Against 1 | Abst. 3 | No vote 15 of 185 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.96 | |
| ECR | For 78 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 4 of 82 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Patriots | For 79 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 6 of 85 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| ESN | For 26 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 1 of 27 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| No group | For 21 | Against 3 | Abst. 4 | No vote 1 of 29 | Majority 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.
| Country | The Left | Greens | S&D | Renew | EPP | ECR | Patriots | ESN | No group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | no member voted | 0–2–0 | 0–5–0 | 1–0–0 | 4–0–0 | no member voted | 6–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Belgium | 0–2–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–4–0 | 1–1–2 | 2–0–1 | 3–0–0 | 3–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Bulgaria | no member voted | no member voted | 0–2–0 | 0–1–2 | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 3–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Cyprus | 0–1–0 | no member voted | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 1–0–0 |
| Czechia | no member voted | 0–1–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 5–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 7–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Germany | 0–4–0 | 0–13–0 | 0–13–0 | 7–1–0 | 27–0–1 | no member voted | no member voted | 14–0–0 | 3–0–4 |
| Denmark | 0–1–0 | 0–3–0 | 3–0–0 | 3–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Estonia | no member voted | no member voted | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Spain | 0–4–0 | 0–3–0 | 0–20–0 | 0–1–0 | 21–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 6–0–0 | no member voted | 1–0–0 |
| Finland | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–2 | 2–1–0 | 3–0–1 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| France | 0–9–0 | 0–3–0 | 0–12–0 | 4–6–3 | 5–0–0 | 4–0–0 | 29–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Greece | 0–2–0 | no member voted | 0–4–0 | no member voted | 7–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 1–3–0 |
| Croatia | no member voted | 0–1–0 | 0–4–0 | no member voted | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Hungary | no member voted | no member voted | 0–1–0 | no member voted | 6–0–0 | no member voted | 8–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted |
| Ireland | 0–3–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 3–2–0 | 3–1–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Italy | 0–9–0 | 0–4–0 | 0–19–0 | 0–1–0 | 7–0–0 | 24–0–0 | 6–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted |
| Lithuania | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | 1–0–0 | no member voted |
| Luxembourg | no member voted | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | 1–0–0 |
| Latvia | no member voted | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Malta | no member voted | no member voted | 3–0–0 | no member voted | 2–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Netherlands | 0–1–0 | 0–5–0 | 0–4–0 | 4–0–3 | 4–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 6–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Poland | no member voted | no member voted | 0–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 23–0–0 | 18–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Portugal | 0–2–0 | no member voted | 0–7–0 | 2–0–0 | 7–0–0 | no member voted | 2–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted |
| Romania | no member voted | 0–1–0 | 1–2–4 | 1–1–0 | 9–0–0 | 6–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 2–0–0 |
| Sweden | 0–2–0 | 0–3–0 | 0–0–5 | 0–3–0 | 5–0–0 | 3–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Slovenia | no member voted | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 3–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted |
| Slovakia | no member voted | no member voted | no member voted | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | no member voted | no member voted | 2–0–0 | 6–0–0 |
Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Germany | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Finland | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| France | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Members
Each member’s recorded position, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.
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.
Show the 53 members
Name · group that day · country
- Adam BIELAN group that day: ECR · Poland
- Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
- Andi CRISTEA group that day: S&D · Romania
- Andreas SCHWAB group that day: EPP · Germany
- Anna STÜRGKH group that day: Renew · Austria
- Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN group that day: S&D · Ireland
- Bas EICKHOUT group that day: Greens · Netherlands
- Branko GRIMS group that day: EPP · Slovenia
- Carla TAVARES group that day: S&D · Portugal
- Caterina CHINNICI group that day: EPP · Italy
- Christophe BAY group that day: Patriots · France
- Ciaran MULLOOLY group that day: Renew · Ireland
- Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
- Damian BOESELAGER group that day: Greens · Germany
- Dan NICA group that day: S&D · Romania
- Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU group that day: EPP · Romania
- Diana RIBA I GINER group that day: Greens · Spain
- Dragoş BENEA group that day: S&D · Romania
- Elena KOUNTOURA group that day: The Left · Greece
- Elisabetta GUALMINI group that day: Renew · Italy
- Emma RAFOWICZ group that day: S&D · France
- Eugen TOMAC group that day: Renew · Romania
- Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
- Friedrich PÜRNER group that day: No group · Germany
- Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO group that day: EPP · Italy
- Gabriella GERZSENYI group that day: EPP · Hungary
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI group that day: ECR · Greece
- György HÖLVÉNYI group that day: Patriots · Hungary
- Hans NEUHOFF group that day: ESN · Germany
- Jan-Christoph OETJEN group that day: Renew · Germany
- Katrin LANGENSIEPEN group that day: Greens · Germany
- Kinga GÁL group that day: Patriots · Hungary
- Klára DOBREV group that day: S&D · Hungary
- Klara DOSTALOVA group that day: Patriots · Czechia
- Lena DÜPONT group that day: EPP · Germany
- Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
- Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
- Mélissa CAMARA group that day: Greens · France
- Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
- Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE group that day: EPP · Spain
- Norbert HERHAMMER group that day: EPP · Germany
- Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ group that day: EPP · Lithuania
- Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
- Sophia KIRCHER group that day: EPP · Austria
- Sophie WILMÈS group that day: Renew · Belgium
- Tamás DEUTSCH group that day: Patriots · Hungary
- Tiemo WÖLKEN group that day: S&D · Germany
- Tomislav SOKOL group that day: EPP · Croatia
- Urmas PAET group that day: Renew · Estonia
- Ville NIINISTÖ group that day: Greens · Finland
- Waldemar BUDA group that day: ECR · Poland
- Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI group that day: ECR · Lithuania
- Zala ČERNILEC TOMAŠIČ group that day: EPP · Slovenia
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.
| Date | Vote | Kind | Result | For | Requested by | r · shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Final 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 borders | Final | 339 for, 225 against, 16 abstained Adopted | For 58 % | Requested by EPP, ESN | r · shared0.93 551 voters |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level | Final | 396 for, 202 against, 56 abstained Adopted | For 61 % | r · shared0.93 607 voters | |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) | Final | 389 for, 206 against, 32 abstained Adopted | For 62 % | r · shared0.93 589 voters |
Show 7 more
| Date | Vote | Kind | Result | For | Requested by | r · shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level | Final | 408 for, 184 against, 60 abstained Adopted | For 63 % | r · shared0.92 608 voters | |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept | Final | 384 for, 237 against, 31 abstained Adopted | For 59 % | r · shared0.92 606 voters | |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept | Final | 396 for, 226 against, 30 abstained Adopted | For 61 % | r · shared0.90 609 voters | |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Recital 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 borders | Split vote | 381 for, 190 against, 4 abstained Adopted | For 66 % | Requested by EPP | r · shared0.90 546 voters |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Referral back to committee Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements | Procedural | 426 for, 202 against, 8 abstained Adopted | For 67 % | r · shared0.89 594 voters | |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Final vote Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements | Final | 382 for, 249 against, 13 abstained Adopted | For 59 % | r · shared0.89 602 voters | |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Monday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group — Italy and Denmark Final vote Monday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group – Italy and Denmark | Other | 283 for, 142 against, 11 abstained Adopted | For 65 % | r · shared0.88 415 voters |
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Connections
This vote’s decision, the other votes on it, and related votes.
Show 5 connections: The decision · Other votes on this decision
The decision
- Decision Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) New EU law · report by Malik Azmani 17 Jun 2026 Passed
Other votes on this decision
- Vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) — Proposal to reject the text Roll-call vote · 17 Jun 2026 17 Jun 2026
- Vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) — Proposal to vote on amendments Roll-call vote · 17 Jun 2026 17 Jun 2026
- Vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) — Separate vote on Article 17, paragraph 4 Roll-call vote · 17 Jun 2026 17 Jun 2026
- Vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) — Separate vote on Article 17, paragraph 4 Roll-call vote · 17 Jun 2026 17 Jun 2026
Sources & citation
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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)}
}