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Proposal to reject the text

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

Vote
Proposal to reject the text
Decision
No. 2 of the sitting of 17 Jun 2026
Result
198 for · 453 against · 5 abstained Rejected · roll call
Date
17 June 2026, 13:50
More facts (5)
Position
vote 1 of 6 on the decision
Official label
A10-0048/2026 – Malik Azmani – Proposal for rejection – Am 2 = 3 =
Text
Report A-10-2026-0048
Dossier
2025/0059(COD)
Vote id
194442
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Result

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Result: 198 for, 453 against, 5 abstained (roll call).

Rejected · 30 % of the votes cast were for.

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 43Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 45Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 39Against 2Abst. 0No vote 12 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
S&DFor 105Against 15Abst. 1No vote 14 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.80
RenewFor 6Against 63Abst. 1No vote 8 of 78Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.85
EPPFor 0Against 167Abst. 3No vote 15 of 185Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.97
ECRFor 0Against 78Abst. 0No vote 4 of 82Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 0Against 79Abst. 0No vote 6 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 0Against 26Abst. 0No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 5Against 23Abst. 0No 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.

ESN members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria030
Czechia010
Germany0140
France010
Hungary010
Italy010
Lithuania010
Poland020
Slovakia020

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13 Nov 2025Amendment 217 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAmendment210 for, 423 against, 4 abstained Rejected For 33 %Requested by The Leftr · shared0.92 585 voters
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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194442
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European Parliament (2026). “Proposal to reject the text — Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)”. Vote, 17 June 2026. votingId 194442, reference 2025/0059(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194442 (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-2026-06-17-194442,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Proposal to reject the text — 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/2026-06-17/194442}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194442},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 194442, 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)}
}