Proposal to vote on amendments · Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Rejected · 39 % 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 44	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 45	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 46	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 110	Against 8	Abst. 5	No vote 12 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.84
Renew	For 49	Against 15	Abst. 0	No vote 14 of 78	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.65
EPP	For 3	Against 166	Abst. 1	No vote 15 of 185	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.96
ECR	For 0	Against 78	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 82	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 0	Against 79	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 85	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 0	Against 26	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 6	Against 22	Abst. 0	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.

Each cell: members of that country in that group who voted for – against – abstained (group at the date of the vote). Shading: the share of the cell's votes that were for; the stronger the shading, the more for (scale below). — : no member voted.
Country	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	No group
Austria	no member voted	2–0–0	5–0–0	1–0–0	0–4–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	4–0–0	1–2–0	0–3–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	3–0–0	0–5–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–3–0	1–1–0
Cyprus	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Czechia	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–5–0	0–4–0	0–7–0	0–1–0	0–2–0
Germany	4–0–0	13–0–0	13–0–0	5–2–0	1–27–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–14–0	2–5–0
Denmark	1–0–0	3–0–0	0–3–0	2–2–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	4–0–0	3–0–0	19–0–0	1–0–0	0–21–0	0–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	0–1–0
Finland	3–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	1–2–0	0–3–1	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	9–0–0	3–0–0	12–0–0	10–3–0	0–5–0	0–4–0	0–29–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Greece	3–0–0	no member voted	4–0–0	no member voted	0–7–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	2–2–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	0–5–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	0–8–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	1–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	9–0–0	4–0–0	19–0–0	1–0–0	0–7–0	0–24–0	0–6–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Latvia	no member voted	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	1–0–0	5–0–0	4–0–0	3–4–0	0–4–0	0–3–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	1–0–0	0–23–0	0–18–0	0–3–0	0–2–0	0–1–0
Portugal	2–0–0	no member voted	7–0–0	1–1–0	0–7–0	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	0–1–5	2–0–0	0–9–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0
Sweden	2–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	3–0–0	0–5–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–6–0

Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %

ECR members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	Bar
Belgium	0	3	0
Bulgaria	0	1	0
Cyprus	0	1	0
Czechia	0	4	0
Denmark	0	1	0
Estonia	0	1	0
Spain	0	2	0
Finland	0	1	0
France	0	4	0
Greece	0	1	0
Croatia	0	1	0
Italy	0	24	0
Lithuania	0	1	0
Latvia	0	3	0
Netherlands	0	3	0
Poland	0	18	0
Romania	0	6	0
Sweden	0	3	0

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, 61

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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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
Costas MAVRIDES group that day: S&D · Cyprus
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
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
Javi LÓPEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Joachim STREIT 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
Lucia YAR group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Ľudovít ÓDOR group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
Maria GRAPINI group that day: S&D · Romania
Martin HOJSÍK group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Mélissa CAMARA group that day: Greens · France
Michal WIEZIK group that day: Renew · Slovakia
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
Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
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

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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

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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
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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194444
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Proposal to vote on amendments — Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)”. Vote, 17 June 2026. votingId 194444, reference 2025/0059(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194444 (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-2026-06-17-194444,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Proposal to vote on amendments — 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/2026-06-17/194444}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-06-17/194444},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 194444, 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)}
}