Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2024 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 11 November 2020
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 28 March 2023
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 5 April 2023
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 April 2024
- ✓ Published as law 22 May 2024
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Silvia SARDONE IDElissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI PPEJorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA ECRMalik AZMANI RenewDamian BOESELAGER Verts/ALEKonstantinos ARVANITIS GUE-NGL
- For opinion
- BUDG — Budgets AFET — Foreign Affairs
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Outcome
- 22 May 2024 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 14 May 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Committee stage
- 11 April 2024 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- Plenary stage
- 10 April 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted narrowlyFor 301 Against 272 Abstained 46
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 18:29 · 49% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 17 ballots in voting order
1. Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act 18:29 A9-0127/2023 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative actRejected2. Final vote on the provisional agreement 18:29 A9-0127/2023 – Juan Fernando López Aguilar – Provisional agreement – Am 131Adopted3. Final vote Text as a wholeNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.5. Separate vote on Article 2, after paragraph 7Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Separate vote on Article 6, after paragraph 1Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded7. Separate vote on recital 4Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded8. Vote on text inserted after recital 4Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded9. Separate vote on recital 6Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.13. Vote on text inserted after recital 6Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded14. Vote on text inserted after recital 7Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded15. Vote on text inserted after recital 12Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter. - 10 April 2024 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
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- 14 February 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 20 April 2023 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 20 April 2023 Plenary vote
- 5 April 2023 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 28 March 2023 Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 27 January 2022 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 23 November 2021 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 11 November 2020 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; BUDG (Budgets), AFET (Foreign Affairs) give an opinion.