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Implementation report on the Return Directive

2019/2208(INI)·9th term·LIBE·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: External borders crossing and controls, visas · Migration policy
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): STRIK Tineke (Verts/ALE)
Summary

An own-initiative implementation report on the Return Directive. The amendments add references to instruments on the Schengen Information System for return, recast proposals and Council and Frontex documents, and address the Commission's limited assessment of the directive, the effectiveness of return policy, voluntary returns, detention and entry bans, fundamental rights and proportionality, data availability, and readmission and cooperation with third countries.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    10 Jul 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    16 Dec 2020 · On the resolution (the text as a whole)
  3. Procedure completed
240
Amendments
distinct, in window
52
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee(s)
10 Jul 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

11 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 →

  1. Show the 8 earlier votes
    1. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 2
      Official label: Am 2 · what was voted ↗
      148 for535 against9 abstentions12 did not vote
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    2. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 3
      Official label: Am 3 · what was voted ↗
      108 for542 against44 abstentions10 did not vote
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    3. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 4
      Official label: Am 4 · what was voted ↗
      103 for570 against21 abstentions10 did not vote
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    4. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 5
      Official label: Am 5 · what was voted ↗
      168 for502 against24 abstentions10 did not vote
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    5. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 6
      Official label: Am 6 · what was voted ↗
      145 for539 against10 abstentions10 did not vote
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    6. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 7
      Official label: Am 7 · what was voted ↗
      152 for537 against5 abstentions10 did not vote
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    7. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 8
      Official label: Am 8 · what was voted ↗
      139 for547 against6 abstentions12 did not vote
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    8. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 9
      Official label: Am 9 · what was voted ↗
      159 for519 against16 abstentions10 did not vote
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  2. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 10
    Official label: Am 10 · what was voted ↗
    106 for549 against39 abstentions10 did not vote
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  3. 15 Dec 2020Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 1
    Official label: Am 1 · what was voted ↗
    131 for522 against41 abstentions10 did not vote
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  4. 16 Dec 2020Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the resolution (the text as a whole)
    Official label: Résolution · what was voted ↗
    512 for134 against49 abstentions9 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE655.606 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

52 Members · by amendment count
1🇫🇷
Nadine MORANO
European People's Party (EPP) · France
43(12 solo)
2🇵🇹
Paulo RANGEL
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
37
3🇳🇱
Jeroen LENAERS
European People's Party (EPP) · Netherlands
37
4🇫🇷
Brice HORTEFEUX
European People's Party (EPP) · France
36
5🇫🇷
Nicolas BAY
European Conservatives & Reformists · France
34
6🇧🇪
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE
Patriots for Europe · Belgium
34
7🇫🇷
Anne-Sophie PELLETIER
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
33(33 solo)
8🇸🇪
Charlie WEIMERS
European Conservatives & Reformists · Sweden
26(26 solo)
9🇫🇷
Jean-Paul GARRAUD
Patriots for Europe · France
20
10🇩🇪
Nicolaus FEST
Identity & Democracy · Germany
20
11🇩🇰
Peter KOFOD
Identity & Democracy · Denmark
20
12🇮🇹
Mara BIZZOTTO
Identity & Democracy · Italy
20
13🇫🇷
Philippe OLIVIER
Patriots for Europe · France
20
14🇮🇹
Annalisa TARDINO
Identity & Democracy · Italy
19
15🇫🇷
Sylvie GUILLAUME
Socialists & Democrats · France
19
16🇧🇪
Hilde VAUTMANS
Renew Europe · Belgium
18
17🇳🇱
Sophia IN 'T VELD
Renew Europe · Netherlands
17
18🇷🇴
Ramona STRUGARIU
Renew Europe · Romania
17
19🇭🇺
Anna Júlia DONÁTH
Renew Europe · Hungary
17
20🇳🇱
Tineke STRIK
Greens / EFA · Netherlands
16(16 solo)
21🇸🇪
Abir AL-SAHLANI
Renew Europe · Sweden
15
22🇷🇴
Dragoş TUDORACHE
Renew Europe · Romania
15
23🇧🇪
Kris PEETERS
European People's Party (EPP) · Belgium
14
24🇩🇪
Jan-Christoph OETJEN
Renew Europe · Germany
14
25🇮🇹
Caterina CHINNICI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
14

The amendments, in full text

240 amendments

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

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