8New EU laws·decision 8 of 55 on Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection
Committee report by Matjaž Nemec · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · voted 18:33–18:34
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
Adoptedby a small majority340 for · 249 against · 34 abstained (55 % in favour)
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 18:34 · 55% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Who backed it
The Left ✗
Verts/ALE ✗
S&D ✓
Renew ✓
PPE ✓
ECR ✗
PfE ✗
ESN ✗
NI ~
Backed by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left, Verts/ALE, ECR, PfE and ESN.
How the vote unfolded · 19 ballots
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 14 parts of the text voted on separately (14 lapsed).
Roll call requested by ID.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 19 ballots in voting order
1.Amendment 17918:33A8-0245/2017 – Matjaž Nemec – Rejection – Am 179A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by ID
One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
The ballots
Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
Who voted how
Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
Document & procedure
Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
Group badges
How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).
Codes in ballot labels
Am 27 — amendment 27
§ 5 — paragraph 5
§ 5/2, part 2 — a A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another., taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.; *** — Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.; * — Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Lapsed — Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.