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Humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret

Effect
Adopted
Result
550 for · 3 against · 54 abstained roll call
Date
9 October 2025, 13:11
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0430
Dossier
2025/2905(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
13 votes · 2 roll calls
Requested by
Renew (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call, 1 split vote)
Sitting
Thursday 9 October 2025
Final vote
179775
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

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

Final vote: 550 for, 3 against, 54 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

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

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

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 36Against 0Abst. 3No vote 7 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
GreensFor 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 101Against 0Abst. 0No vote 35 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 58Against 1Abst. 0No vote 16 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
EPPFor 173Against 0Abst. 0No vote 15 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 62Against 0Abst. 7No vote 10 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
PatriotsFor 60Against 0Abst. 7No vote 18 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.84
ESNFor 0Against 1Abst. 24No vote 2 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 14Against 1Abst. 13No vote 2 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, 19

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
Austria170031.00
Belgium160150.91
Bulgaria140300.74
Cyprus4011—
Czechia160320.76
Germany68116110.70
Denmark130200.80
Estonia6010—
Spain510180.97
Finland130021.00
France701190.96
Greece140430.67
Croatia110011.00
Hungary51015—
Ireland110031.00
Italy6200141.00
Lithuania90110.85
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia7011—
Malta5001—
Netherlands210550.71
Poland450350.91
Portugal120091.00
Romania220290.88
Sweden170310.78
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia70620.31

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
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches19 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Ewa KOPACZ PolandEPPSpeeches38 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Tomasz FROELICH GermanyESNSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained
Reinhold LOPATKA AustriaEPPSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER AustriaRenewSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Rody TOLASSY FrancePatriotsSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Murielle LAURENT FranceS&DSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Leire PAJÍN SpainS&DSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA PolandECRSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Giorgio GORI ItalyS&DSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Diana IOVANOVICI ŞOŞOACĂ RomaniaNo groupSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained
Catarina VIEIRA NetherlandsGreensSpeeches18 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 13

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
1Vote on text inserted after paragraph 2 Show of hands Rejected
2Separate vote on paragraph 7 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on recital D Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on paragraph 7 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on recital D Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Recital D — part 2 RC-B10-0411/2025 – Recital D/2 Part voted on: “whereas USAID cuts have suspended vital humanitarian services and threaten support for UN missions;”Roll call434 for, 161 against, 12 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots; split: Patriots
5Separate vote on recital E Show of hands Rejected
6Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0411/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call550 for, 3 against, 54 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
7Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0411/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
8Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0413/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
9Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0428/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
10Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0430/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
11Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0432/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
12Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0434/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
13Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0436/2025 Show of hands Lapsed

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

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0430

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament adopted a resolution on the humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, focusing on the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret.

It condemns gang violence, sexual violence, and the recruitment of minors, and demands an immediate cessation of these activities.

Parliament welcomes the UN Security Council's decision to deploy a new international security force and calls for restoring public institutions' power.

The resolution will be forwarded to EU institutions, CARIFORUM, the Organization of American States, and Haiti's government and parliament.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

This resolution condemns gang violence in Haiti, especially the September 2025 massacre in Cabaret, and expresses solidarity with victims.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2905(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 9 October 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

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  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Adopted 9 October 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.

Show 6 connections: Running issue: Humanitarian crises

Running issue: Humanitarian crises

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/5
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret”. Decision, 9 October 2025. votingId 179775, document B-10-2025-0430, reference 2025/2905(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 9 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 9 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-09, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-09/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-10-09-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-09},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-09/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 179775, document B-10-2025-0430, reference 2025/2905(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-09-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-09 (CC BY 4.0)}
}