Decision

Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic

Effect: Adopted
Result: 617 for · 4 against · 18 abstained roll call
Date: 10 July 2025, 13:06
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Motion B-10-2025-0334
Dossier: 2025/2797(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 6 votes · 1 roll call
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 10 July 2025
Final vote: 178218

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Motion B-10-2025-0334
Dossier: 2025/2797(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 6 votes · 1 roll call
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 10 July 2025
Final vote: 178218

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

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Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

5 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 35	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.96
Greens	For 52	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 117	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 19 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 68	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 176	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 73	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 69	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 16 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 20	Against 0	Abst. 6	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.65
No group	For 7	Against 3	Abst. 12	No vote 8 of 30	Majority 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, 7

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.

The Left line For · 1 voted against of 36 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Özlem DEMIREL Germany
ESN line For · 6 abstained of 26 who voted
Abstained (6)
- Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK Poland
- Marcin SYPNIEWSKI Poland
- Milan MAZUREK Slovakia
- Milan UHRÍK Slovakia
- Petar VOLGIN Bulgaria
- Stanisław TYSZKA Poland

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).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	19	0	0	1	1.00
Belgium	18	0	0	4	1.00
Bulgaria	15	0	1	1	0.91
Cyprus	3	0	1	2	—
Czechia	17	0	0	4	1.00
Germany	82	1	6	7	0.88
Denmark	12	0	0	3	1.00
Estonia	7	0	0	0	—
Spain	56	0	0	4	1.00
Finland	13	0	0	2	1.00
France	74	0	0	7	1.00
Greece	16	0	2	3	0.83
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	8	0	0	13	—
Ireland	13	0	0	1	1.00
Italy	69	0	0	7	1.00
Lithuania	11	0	0	0	1.00
Luxembourg	5	0	1	0	—
Latvia	7	0	0	2	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	30	0	0	1	1.00
Poland	47	0	3	3	0.91
Portugal	20	0	0	1	1.00
Romania	23	0	1	9	0.94
Sweden	20	0	0	1	1.00
Slovenia	8	0	0	1	—
Slovakia	7	3	3	2	0.31

Members

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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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches1	10 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Javi LÓPEZ Spain	S&D	Speeches2	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Hilde VAUTMANS Belgium	Renew	Speeches1	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Saskia BRICMONT Belgium	Greens	Speeches1	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Wouter BEKE Belgium	EPP	Speeches1	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO Portugal	Renew	Speeches1	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For

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Debate speakers, continued
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Catarina MARTINS Portugal	The Left	Speeches1	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Francisco ASSIS Portugal	S&D	Speeches1	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Kathleen VAN BREMPT Belgium	S&D	Speeches1	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Seán KELLY Ireland	EPP	Speeches1	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For

All votes on this decision, 6

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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote on the motion for a resolution RC-B10-0327/2025 – Motion for a resolution	Roll call	617 for, 4 against, 18 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Renew
2	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0323/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
3	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0327/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0323/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
3	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0327/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
4	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0334/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
5	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0339/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
6	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0342/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed

Roll call requested by Renew.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0334

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Parliament adopted a resolution on the arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic.

It demands his immediate and unconditional release and insists that any judicial proceedings comply with due process guarantees.

It urges the Central African Republic to allow immediate medical evacuation and access to legal representation and consular assistance.

It calls on the EU's foreign policy chief to step up diplomatic efforts with Belgian and Portuguese authorities to secure his release.

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A resolution on the arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic demands his immediate and unconditional release and insists on due process.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2797(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 10 July 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

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Tabled for plenary (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 10 July 2025 (done)
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.

Show 6 connections: Running issue: Detention of EU citizens abroad

Running issue: Detention of EU citizens abroad

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Decision Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong Resolution · motion for a resolution 22 Jan 2026 Adopted
Decision Arbitrary detention of EU citizens Javier Marañón Montero and David Rodríguez Ballesta in Equatorial Guinea Resolution · motion for a resolution 9 Oct 2025 Adopted
Decision 10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China Resolution · motion for a resolution 9 Oct 2025 Adopted
Decision Case of Abdoul Aziz Goma, arbitrarily detained in Togo Resolution · motion for a resolution 11 Sept 2025 Adopted

Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 July 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 10 July 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-10
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic”. Decision, 10 July 2025. votingId 178218, document B-10-2025-0334, reference 2025/2797(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-07-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-07-10-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-07-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 178218, document B-10-2025-0334, reference 2025/2797(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}