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Decision

Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali

Effect
Adopted
Result
511 for · 14 against · 25 abstained roll call
Date
19 June 2025, 13:03–13:06
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
18 votes · 7 roll calls · 5 amendments
Requested by
Greens (1 split vote) · Renew (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · Patriots (1 roll call) · ESN (1 roll call, 1 split vote)
Final vote
177616
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 511 for, 14 against, 25 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 5 amendments (2 adopted, 3 rejected) and 5 parts of the text voted on separately (3 adopted, 1 rejected, 1 lapsed). 7 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 31Against 0Abst. 1No vote 14 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
GreensFor 48Against 1Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 106Against 1Abst. 0No vote 29 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 57Against 2Abst. 0No vote 16 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
EPPFor 139Against 1Abst. 0No vote 48 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 61Against 0Abst. 0No vote 18 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 46Against 4Abst. 7No vote 28 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.71
ESNFor 18Against 0Abst. 6No vote 3 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.63
No groupFor 5Against 5Abst. 11No vote 9 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 23

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria110540.53
Belgium151150.82
Bulgaria130130.89
Cyprus1014—
Czechia130170.89
Germany6717210.84
Denmark121110.79
Estonia6001—
Spain4301160.97
Finland100051.00
France6510150.98
Greece70113—
Croatia9003—
Hungary70113—
Ireland130011.00
Italy5800181.00
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg4011—
Latvia7002—
Malta4002—
Netherlands214060.76
Poland441170.93
Portugal170041.00
Romania2011110.86
Sweden190021.00
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia74220.31

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Katarina BARLEY GermanyS&DSpeeches119 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Matthieu VALET FrancePatriotsSpeeches119 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Roberts ZĪLE LatviaECRSpeeches218 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Tomasz FROELICH GermanyESNSpeeches118 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Marta TEMIDO PortugalS&DSpeeches118 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Reinhold LOPATKA AustriaEPPSpeeches118 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA SpainS&DSpeeches118 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Christophe GOMART FranceEPPSpeeches118 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Ingeborg TER LAAK NetherlandsEPPSpeeches118 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Catarina VIEIRA NetherlandsGreensSpeeches118 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 18

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Amendment 4 to paragraph 6 RC-B10-0291/2025 – § 6 – Am 4 Roll call146 for, 381 against, 12 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
2Separate vote on paragraph 6 RC-B10-0291/2025 – § 6 Roll call501 for, 8 against, 25 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
3Vote on text inserted after paragraph 7 Show of hands Rejected
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on paragraph 6 RC-B10-0291/2025 – § 6 Roll call501 for, 8 against, 25 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
3Vote on text inserted after paragraph 7 Show of hands Rejected
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Vote on text inserted after paragraph 7 Show of hands Lapsed
5Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7 RC-B10-0291/2025 – After § 7 – Am 5 Roll call275 for, 262 against, 16 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
6Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 1 RC-B10-0291/2025 – After § 8 – Am 2/1 Part voted on: “Emphasises that for the EU to support democracy it should recognise that democracy can grow only from the ground up and not when imposed from the outside;”Roll call100 for, 440 against, 13 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN; split: ESN
7Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 2 RC-B10-0291/2025 – After § 8 – Am 2/2 Part voted on: ‘recalls that before the 2020 and 2021 coups, Mali’s democracy was characterised by persistently very low voter turnout, poor governance practices, weak legislatures, high levels of corruption and a growing gap between political elites and the people;’Roll call93 for, 439 against, 22 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN; split: ESN
8Recital F — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “whereas al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamist terrorist groups have been killing civilians,”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Renew
9Recital F — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “including Christians and people from other religious minorities;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Renew
10Amendment 3 to recital G RC-B10-0291/2025 – Recital G – Am 3 Roll call305 for, 223 against, 18 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
11Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0291/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call511 for, 14 against, 25 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
12Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0281/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
13Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0291/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
14Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0292/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
15Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0293/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
16Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0294/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
17Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0297/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
18Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0298/2025 Show of hands Lapsed

Roll calls requested by Renew, Patriots, ESN · split votes by Greens, Renew, ESN.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0292

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Parliament adopted a resolution on the dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali, following a decree by the military transitional authority on 13 May 2025.

The adopted text encourages the military authority to restart dialogue with political forces and calls on the EU to reconnect with Mali's rulers to tackle challenges.

Parliament also asks the EU to address instability spillover from the central Sahel and warns that the crisis may fuel mass emigration.

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The resolution addresses the dissolution of political parties and crackdown on the opposition in Mali. It encourages dialogue with political forces, calls on the EU to engage with Mali's rulers, and stresses the need to tackle instability in the Sahel.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2754(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 19 June 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

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  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Adopted 19 June 2025 (done)
  3. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali”. Decision, 19 June 2025. votingId 177616, document B-10-2025-0292, reference 2025/2754(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-19/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 19 June 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-19-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 19 June 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-19-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-06-19, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-06-19/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-06-19-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-06-19},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-19/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-19/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 177616, document B-10-2025-0292, reference 2025/2754(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-19-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-19-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-06-19 (CC BY 4.0)}
}