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Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism

2023/0371(COD)·9th term·LIBE·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: External borders crossing and controls, visas
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): NEMEC Matjaž (S&D)
Summary

The dossier concerns a revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism. The amendments revise recitals on strengthening the temporary suspension of visa exemptions for nationals of listed third countries, broadening grounds and clarifying thresholds and procedures, the Commission's monitoring and reporting, and triggers such as abuse of visa-free travel, hybrid threats, breaches of human-rights and humanitarian law, investor citizenship schemes, and increases in refused entries, irregular stays and asylum applications.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    18 Mar 2024
  2. Plenary vote — Adopted
    7 Oct 2025 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 52
  3. Procedure completed
128
Amendments
distinct, in window
17
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee(s)
18 Mar 2024
Dates

Plenary votes

1 roll-call votes

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  1. 7 Oct 2025Main voteAdopted
    On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 52
    Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 52 · what was voted ↗
    518 for96 against24 abstentions81 did not vote
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Official amendment documents

PE759.969 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

17 Members · by amendment count
1🇳🇱
Tineke STRIK
Greens / EFA · Netherlands
84(84 solo)
2🇳🇱
Malik AZMANI
Renew Europe · Netherlands
64
3🇧🇪
Olivier CHASTEL
Renew Europe · Belgium
64
4🇩🇪
Moritz KÖRNER
Renew Europe · Germany
64
5🇩🇪
Jan-Christoph OETJEN
Renew Europe · Germany
62
6🇸🇮
Matjaž NEMEC
Socialists & Democrats · Slovenia
30(30 solo)
7🇪🇸
Miguel URBÁN CRESPO
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Spain
28(28 solo)
8🇪🇪
Jaak MADISON
European Conservatives & Reformists · Estonia
14(14 solo)
9🇸🇪
Charlie WEIMERS
European Conservatives & Reformists · Sweden
10
10🇵🇱
Patryk JAKI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
10
11🇮🇹
Vincenzo SOFO
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
10
12🇪🇸
Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA
Patriots for Europe · Spain
10
13🇫🇮
Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER
European Conservatives & Reformists · Finland
10
14🇪🇸
Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
4
15🇪🇸
Javier ZARZALEJOS
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
4
16🇳🇱
Sophia IN 'T VELD
Renew Europe · Netherlands
2
17🇵🇹
Nuno MELO
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
2(2 solo)

The amendments, in full text

256 amendments

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