A method for resuming movement of a motor vehicle after unforeseen stopping in an automated parking operation carried out by a parking assistance system having automated longitudinal and transverse guidance, the method comprising the following steps: - in the event of a stopping of the vehicle, deciding whether to resume movement of the vehicle in the previous direction of travel which existed before the vehicle was stopped depending on the length of the remaining route from the current position (S3, S4) up to the next planned stopping point (P2, P3), in the previous direction of travel, on the trajectory, wherein the next stopping point, in the previous direction of travel, on the trajectory - in a first embodiment of the method is a reversal point of the trajectory, or - in an alternative, second embodiment of the method is a final parked position of the trajectory, - in the event of a positive decision, resuming the movement of the vehicle in the previous direction of travel, and - in the event of a negative decision: - in the first embodiment of the method with a reversal point as next stopping point in the previous direction of travel, resuming the movement of the vehicle counter to the previous direction of travel, or - in the second embodiment of the method with the final parked position as next stopping point in the previous direction of travel and no planned reversal point between the current position and the final parked position, not resuming the movement of the vehicle and ending the parking operation. - in the event of a stopping of the vehicle, deciding whether to resume movement of the vehicle in the previous direction of travel which existed before the vehicle was stopped depending on the length of the remaining route from the current position (S3, S4) up to the next planned stopping point (P2, P3), in the previous direction of travel, on the trajectory, wherein the next stopping point, in the previous direction of travel, on the trajectory - in a first embodiment of the method is a reversal point of the trajectory, or - in an alternative, second embodiment of the method is a final parked position of the trajectory, - in a first embodiment of the method is a reversal point of the trajectory, or - in an alternative, second embodiment of the method is a final parked position of the trajectory, - in the event of a positive decision, resuming the movement of the vehicle in the previous direction of travel, and - in the event of a negative decision: - in the first embodiment of the method with a reversal point as next stopping point in the previous direction of travel, resuming the movement of the vehicle counter to the previous direction of travel, or - in the second embodiment of the method with the final parked position as next stopping point in the previous direction of travel and no planned reversal point between the current position and the final parked position, not resuming the movement of the vehicle and ending the parking operation. - in the first embodiment of the method with a reversal point as next stopping point in the previous direction of travel, resuming the movement of the vehicle counter to the previous direction of travel, or - in the second embodiment of the method with the final parked position as next stopping point in the previous direction of travel and no planned reversal point between the current position and the final parked position, not resuming the movement of the vehicle and ending the parking operation.