Decision

Post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu

Effect: Adopted
Result: 539 for · 0 against · 27 abstained roll call
Date: 27 November 2025, 12:03
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Motion B-10-2025-0530
Dossier: 2025/2990(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 8 votes · 1 roll call
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 27 November 2025
Final vote: 182305

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Motion B-10-2025-0530
Dossier: 2025/2990(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 8 votes · 1 roll call
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 27 November 2025
Final vote: 182305

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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.

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 part of the text voted on separately (1 rejected). 6 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 33	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 47	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 105	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 31 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 62	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 154	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 34 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 58	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 20 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.97
Patriots	For 55	Against 0	Abst. 7	No vote 23 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.83
ESN	For 13	Against 0	Abst. 6	No vote 8 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.53
No group	For 12	Against 0	Abst. 13	No vote 5 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, 14

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.

ECR line For · 1 abstained of 59 who voted
Abstained (1)
- Georgiana TEODORESCU Romania
Patriots line For · 7 abstained of 62 who voted
Abstained (7)
- Anders VISTISEN Denmark
- Auke ZIJLSTRA Netherlands
- Marieke EHLERS Netherlands
- Mieke ANDRIESE Netherlands
- Rachel BLOM Netherlands
- Sebastian KRUIS Netherlands
- Ton DIEPEVEEN Netherlands
ESN line For · 6 abstained of 19 who voted
Abstained (6)
- Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK Poland
- Ivan DAVID Czechia
- Marcin SYPNIEWSKI Poland
- Milan MAZUREK Slovakia
- Milan UHRÍK Slovakia
- Zsuzsanna BORVENDÉG Hungary

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	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	17	0	3	1.00
Belgium	16	0	6	1.00
Bulgaria	15	0	2	1.00
Cyprus	2	0	4	—
Czechia	18	2	1	0.85
Germany	69	5	22	0.90
Denmark	13	1	1	0.89
Estonia	6	0	1	—
Spain	47	0	13	1.00
Finland	10	0	5	1.00
France	63	0	18	1.00
Greece	17	1	3	0.92
Croatia	8	0	4	—
Hungary	6	1	14	—
Ireland	11	0	3	1.00
Italy	53	0	23	1.00
Lithuania	9	0	2	—
Luxembourg	6	0	0	—
Latvia	6	0	3	—
Malta	5	0	1	—
Netherlands	19	6	6	0.64
Poland	44	3	6	0.90
Portugal	16	0	5	1.00
Romania	30	1	2	0.95
Sweden	19	0	2	1.00
Slovenia	8	0	1	—
Slovakia	6	7	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
Martin HOJSÍK Slovakia	Renew	Speeches3	27 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
David MCALLISTER Germany	EPP	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	No vote recorded
Abir AL-SAHLANI Sweden	Renew	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Jan-Christoph OETJEN Germany	Renew	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Hannes HEIDE Austria	S&D	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Reinhold LOPATKA Austria	EPP	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded

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Debate speakers, continued
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN Finland	ECR	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Lukas SIEPER changed group Germany	Renew	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Marcin SYPNIEWSKI Poland	ESN	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	Abstained
Catarina VIEIRA Netherlands	Greens	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Martin GÜNTHER Germany	The Left	Speeches1	26 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For

All votes on this decision, 8

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	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 7	Show of hands	Rejected
2	Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0514/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	539 for, 0 against, 27 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Renew
3	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0514/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0514/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	539 for, 0 against, 27 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Renew
3	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0514/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
4	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0515/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
5	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0524/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
6	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0527/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
7	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0530/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
8	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0534/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed

Roll call requested by Renew.

Text

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Motion B-10-2025-0530

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Parliament adopted a resolution on the post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu.

The resolution calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Tundu Lissu and for the Tanzanian government to cease repression, violence, and extrajudicial measures against opposition, protesters, civil society, and church officials.

It also urges the release of all arbitrarily detained individuals and calls for inclusive dialogue to ensure full democratic participation of opposition parties.

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This resolution addresses post-election killings and human rights deterioration in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu. It calls for his immediate release and an end to repression, arbitrary detention, and killings of opposition figures, journalists, and church officials.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2990(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 27 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

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Tabled for plenary (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 27 November 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 4 connections: Running issue: Tanzania

Running issue: Tanzania

Issue Tanzania Running issue · Country situation 18 Jun 2026
Decision Financing of the annual action plan in favour of the United Republic of Tanzania for 2026 Objection to a Commission measure · motion for a resolution 18 Jun 2026 Objection passed
Decision Financing of the 2025 action plan for Tanzania Objection to a Commission measure · motion for a resolution 27 Nov 2025 Objection passed
Decision Arrest and risk of execution of Tundu Lissu, Chair of Chadema, the main opposition party in Tanzania Resolution · motion for a resolution 8 May 2025 Adopted

Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 27 November 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 27 November 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-27
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu”. Decision, 27 November 2025. votingId 182305, document B-10-2025-0530, reference 2025/2990(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 27 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-27-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 27 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-27-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-27, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-11-27/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-11-27-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-27},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-27/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182305, document B-10-2025-0530, reference 2025/2990(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-27-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-27-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-27 (CC BY 4.0)}
}