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Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept

2025/0132(COD)·10th term·LIBE·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: Asylum, refugees, displaced persons; Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): DÜPONT Lena (EPP)

Summary

Legislation on application of the 'safe third country' concept. Some amendments reject the Commission proposal; others address the required connection between an applicant and a third country (including transit as a basis), agreements and arrangements with third countries, the best interests of the child and treatment of unaccompanied minors, age determination, and transparency obligations towards the Commission and other Member States.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
6 Nov 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
17 Dec 2025 · On a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the text
Plenary vote — Rejected
10 Feb 2026 · On a motion to reject the proposal — amendment 14
Plenary vote — Adopted
10 Feb 2026 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 13
Procedure completed

90

Amendments

distinct, in window

35

Members

tabled at least one

1

Committee(s)

6 Nov 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

3 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Where each group stood at the decisive votes

Group				Shift
EPP	For95%	For95%	For95%	consistent
S&D	Against87%	Against77%	Against76%	consistent
Renew	Against48%	Against49%	Against52%	consistent
Greens/EFA	Against96%	Against98%	Against98%	consistent
ECR	For100%	For100%	For100%	consistent
The Left	Against100%	Against100%	Against100%	consistent
Patriots	For100%	For100%	For100%	consistent
ESN	For100%	For100%	For100%	consistent
Non-attached	For77%	For77%	For77%	consistent

Milestones are the votes that adopt or reject text (not every amendment vote) — the percentage is the share of the group’s Members behind that position. Positions are shown on the text itself: on a rejection motion, a vote for rejection counts as against the text. Click a column heading to open the vote below.

17 Dec 2025Main voteAdopted
On a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the text
Official label: Décision d'engager des négociations interinstitutionnelles · what was voted ↗
384 for237 against31 abstentions67 did not vote
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Abst.
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10 Feb 2026Main voteAdopted
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 13
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 13 · what was voted ↗
396 for226 against30 abstentions67 did not vote
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10 Feb 2026Main voteRejected
On a motion to reject the proposal — amendment 14
Official label: Proposition de rejet - Am 14= 15= 16= · what was voted ↗
220 for396 against37 abstentions66 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

Connections

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Full record

Members who amended this procedure

35 Members · by amendment count

Renew Europe · Slovenia

Abir AL-SAHLANI

Renew Europe · Sweden

Greens / EFA · Germany

Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Renew Europe · Germany

Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE

Renew Europe · Netherlands

Fabienne KELLER

Renew Europe · France

Renew Europe · Bulgaria

Fabrice LEGGERI

Patriots for Europe · France

Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA

Patriots for Europe · Spain

Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE

Patriots for Europe · Belgium

Nikola BARTŮŠEK

Patriots for Europe · Czechia

António TÂNGER CORRÊA

Patriots for Europe · Portugal

Patriots for Europe · France

Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK

Europe of Sovereign Nations · Poland

Patriots for Europe · Austria

Ana Catarina MENDES

Socialists & Democrats · Portugal

Socialists & Democrats · Germany

Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR

Socialists & Democrats · Spain

Murielle LAURENT

Socialists & Democrats · France

Francisco ASSIS

Socialists & Democrats · Portugal

Jaroslav BŽOCH

Patriots for Europe · Czechia

Renew Europe · Belgium

Michael MCNAMARA

Renew Europe · Ireland

European People's Party (EPP) · France

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

European People's Party (EPP) · Czechia

The amendments, in full text

90 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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