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9 New EU laws ·decision 9 of 12 on Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Driving licences

Committee report ·

Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.

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What Parliament decided

Approved without a vote

The Council’s position was approved without a vote: at second reading it stands when no one moves to reject or amend it.

Final vote — decided by the chair; no counts were recorded.

✦ What this vote decides · AI summary, based on the text voted on

The directive updates EU rules on driving licences, introducing mutually recognised EU mobile driving licences and clarifying minimum age requirements. Parliament approved the Council's position, meaning the act is adopted and will be signed and published. The new rules also set medical fitness requirements, default validity periods, and rules for novice drivers and accompanied driving.

Part of the sitting of Tuesday, 21 October 2025. The vote was taken on Report A-10-2025-0191 in procedure 2023/0053.

New here? How plenary voting works
A sitting
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
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Who voted how
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Document & procedure
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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 , taken in parts
  • Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
  • ***I — ; *** — ; * —
  • Lapsed —
  • A10-… — committee report; B10-… — motion
  • RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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