Decision
Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan
- Effect
- Adopted
- Result
- 477 for · 7 against · 69 abstained roll call
- Date
- 18 December 2025, 12:03–12:04
- Kind
- Resolution
More facts (9)
- Margin
- by an overwhelming majority
- Dossier
- 2025/3028(RSP)
- Source
- Motion for a resolution
- Topics
- Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 7 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
- Requested by
- Renew (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call)
- Sitting
- Thursday 18 December 2025
- Final vote
- 182962
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 477 for, 7 against, 69 abstained (roll call).
Adopted by an overwhelming majority.
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected). 5 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.
Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; ESN mostly abstained.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 35 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 11 of 46 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Greens | For 42 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 11 of 53 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| S&D | For 99 | Against 1 | Abst. 0 | No vote 36 of 136 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.98 | |
| Renew | For 59 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 16 of 75 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| EPP | For 144 | Against 0 | Abst. 1 | No vote 43 of 188 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.99 | |
| ECR | For 40 | Against 1 | Abst. 22 | No vote 16 of 79 | Majority line For | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.45 | |
| Patriots | For 43 | Against 0 | Abst. 21 | No vote 21 of 85 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.51 | |
| ESN | For 3 | Against 1 | Abst. 19 | No vote 4 of 27 | Majority line Abstained | Clear line Abstained | Cohesion 0.74 | |
| No group | For 12 | Against 4 | Abst. 6 | 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, 27
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.
S&D line For · 1 voted against of 100 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Mohammed CHAHIM Netherlands
EPP line For · 1 abstained of 145 who voted
Abstained (1)
- Ilia LAZAROV Bulgaria
Patriots line For · 21 abstained of 64 who voted
Abstained (21)
- Anders VISTISEN Denmark
- Anna BRYŁKA Poland
- Auke ZIJLSTRA Netherlands
- Elisabeth DIERINGER Austria
- Georg MAYER Austria
- Gerald HAUSER Austria
- Harald VILIMSKY Austria
- Isabella TOVAGLIERI Italy
- Marieke EHLERS Netherlands
- Mieke ANDRIESE Netherlands
- Paolo BORCHIA Italy
- Petra STEGER Austria
- Raffaele STANCANELLI Italy
- Roberto VANNACCI Italy
- Roman HAIDER Austria
- Sebastian KRUIS Netherlands
- Silvia SARDONE Italy
- Susanna CECCARDI Italy
- Tomasz BUCZEK Poland
- Ton DIEPEVEEN Netherlands
- Vilis KRIŠTOPANS Latvia
ESN line Abstained · 4 voted for or against of 23 who voted
Voted for or against (4)
- Hans NEUHOFF Germany
- Petras GRAŽULIS Lithuania
- Sarah KNAFO France
- Zsuzsanna BORVENDÉG Hungary
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0.50 |
| Belgium | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | — |
| Cyprus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Czechia | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.84 |
| Germany | 66 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 0.74 |
| Denmark | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.88 |
| Estonia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Spain | 43 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.93 |
| Finland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| France | 64 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Greece | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0.77 |
| Croatia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | — |
| Ireland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Italy | 33 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 0.34 |
| Lithuania | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Latvia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.64 |
| Poland | 39 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0.83 |
| Portugal | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Romania | 16 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0.91 |
| Sweden | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Slovenia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Slovakia | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.19 |
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.
553 members with a recorded position.
| Member | Country | Group | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abir AL-SAHLANI | Sweden | Renew | For |
| Adam BIELAN | Poland | ECR | For |
| Adam JARUBAS | Poland | EPP | For |
| Adnan DIBRANI | Sweden | S&D | For |
| Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA | Spain | EPP | For |
| Adrian-George AXINIA | Romania | ECR | For |
| Alberico GAMBINO | Italy | ECR | Against |
| Aleksandar NIKOLIC | France | Patriots | For |
| Alessandra MORETTI | Italy | S&D | For |
| Alessandro CIRIANI | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Alexander BERNHUBER | Austria | EPP | For |
| Alexander JUNGBLUTH | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Alexander SELL | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Alexandr VONDRA | Czechia | ECR | For |
| Alexandra GEESE | Germany | Greens | For |
| Alexandra MEHNERT | Germany | EPP | For |
| Alexandre VARAUT | France | Patriots | For |
| Alice KUHNKE | Sweden | Greens | For |
| Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE | Sweden | EPP | For |
| Alicia HOMS GINEL | Spain | S&D | For |
| Ana Catarina MENDES | Portugal | S&D | For |
| Ana MIRANDA PAZ | Spain | Greens | For |
| Ana VASCONCELOS | Portugal | Renew | For |
| Anders VISTISEN voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Denmark | Patriots | Abstained |
| Andi CRISTEA | Romania | S&D | For |
| András Tivadar KULJA | Hungary | EPP | For |
| André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES | Portugal | S&D | For |
| André ROUGÉ | France | Patriots | For |
| Andreas GLÜCK | Germany | Renew | For |
| Andreas SCHWAB | Germany | EPP | For |
| Andrey KOVATCHEV | Bulgaria | EPP | For |
| Andrey NOVAKOV | Bulgaria | EPP | For |
| Andrzej BUŁA | Poland | EPP | For |
| Angelika NIEBLER | Germany | EPP | For |
| Angelika WINZIG | Austria | EPP | For |
| Angéline FURET | France | Patriots | For |
| Anja ARNDT | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Anna BRYŁKA voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Poland | Patriots | Abstained |
| Anna CAVAZZINI | Germany | Greens | For |
| Anna STROLENBERG | Netherlands | Greens | For |
| Anna STÜRGKH | Austria | Renew | For |
| Anna ZALEWSKA | Poland | ECR | For |
| Annalisa CORRADO | Italy | S&D | For |
| Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT | France | Patriots | For |
| Anthony SMITH | France | The Left | For |
| Antonella SBERNA | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Antonín STANĚK | Czechia | Patriots | For |
| António TÂNGER CORRÊA | Portugal | Patriots | For |
| Arba KOKALARI | Sweden | EPP | For |
| Arkadiusz MULARCZYK | Poland | ECR | For |
| Arno BAUSEMER | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Asger CHRISTENSEN | Denmark | Renew | For |
| Auke ZIJLSTRA voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Netherlands | Patriots | Abstained |
| Aurelijus VERYGA | Lithuania | ECR | For |
| Barbara BONTE | Belgium | Patriots | For |
| Bartłomiej SIENKIEWICZ | Poland | EPP | For |
| Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ | Poland | EPP | For |
| Bas EICKHOUT | Netherlands | Greens | For |
| Beata SZYDŁO | Poland | ECR | For |
| Beatrice TIMGREN | Sweden | ECR | For |
| Benedetta SCUDERI | Italy | Greens | For |
| Benoit CASSART | Belgium | Renew | For |
| Bernard GUETTA | France | Renew | For |
| Bernd LANGE | Germany | S&D | For |
| Bert-Jan RUISSEN | Netherlands | ECR | For |
| Biljana BORZAN | Croatia | S&D | For |
| Billy KELLEHER | Ireland | Renew | For |
| Birgit SIPPEL | Germany | S&D | For |
| Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI | Poland | EPP | For |
| Bogdan RZOŃCA | Poland | ECR | For |
| Borja GIMÉNEZ LARRAZ | Spain | EPP | For |
| Borys BUDKA | Poland | EPP | For |
| Brando BENIFEI | Italy | S&D | For |
| Branislav ONDRUŠ | Slovakia | No group | Abstained |
| Branko GRIMS | Slovenia | EPP | For |
| Brigitte VAN DEN BERG | Netherlands | Renew | For |
| Bruno GONÇALVES | Portugal | S&D | For |
| Bruno TOBBACK | Belgium | S&D | For |
| Camilla LAURETI | Italy | S&D | For |
| Carla TAVARES | Portugal | S&D | For |
| Carlo CICCIOLI | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Carmen CRESPO DÍAZ | Spain | EPP | For |
| Carolina MORACE | Italy | The Left | For |
| Catarina VIEIRA | Netherlands | Greens | For |
| Caterina CHINNICI | Italy | EPP | For |
| Catherine GRISET | France | Patriots | For |
| Cecilia STRADA | Italy | S&D | For |
| Céline IMART | France | EPP | For |
| César LUENA | Spain | S&D | For |
| Charles GOERENS | Luxembourg | Renew | For |
| Charlie WEIMERS | Sweden | ECR | For |
| Chiara GEMMA | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Christel SCHALDEMOSE | Denmark | S&D | For |
| Christian DOLESCHAL | Germany | EPP | For |
| Christian EHLER | Germany | EPP | For |
| Christine ANDERSON | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Christine SCHNEIDER | Germany | EPP | For |
| Christine SINGER | Germany | Renew | For |
| Christophe BAY | France | Patriots | For |
| Christophe GOMART | France | EPP | For |
| Christophe GRUDLER | France | Renew | For |
| Ciaran MULLOOLY | Ireland | Renew | For |
| Claudiu-Richard TÂRZIU | Romania | ECR | For |
| Costas MAVRIDES | Cyprus | S&D | For |
| Cristian TERHEŞ | Romania | ECR | Abstained |
| Cristina MAESTRE | Spain | S&D | For |
| Csaba MOLNÁR | Hungary | S&D | For |
| Cynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ | Ireland | Renew | For |
| Dainius ŽALIMAS | Lithuania | Renew | For |
| Damian BOESELAGER | Germany | Greens | For |
| Damien CARÊME | France | The Left | For |
| Dan BARNA | Romania | Renew | For |
| Daniel ATTARD | Malta | S&D | For |
| Daniel CASPARY | Germany | EPP | For |
| Daniel FREUND | Germany | Greens | For |
| Daniele POLATO | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Danilo DELLA VALLE | Italy | The Left | For |
| Danuše NERUDOVÁ | Czechia | EPP | For |
| Dario TAMBURRANO | Italy | The Left | For |
| Dariusz JOŃSKI | Poland | EPP | For |
| David CASA | Malta | EPP | For |
| David CORMAND | France | Greens | For |
| Davor Ivo STIER | Croatia | EPP | For |
| Delara BURKHARDT | Germany | S&D | For |
| Denis NESCI | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Dennis RADTKE | Germany | EPP | For |
| Diana RIBA I GINER | Spain | Greens | For |
| Dick ERIXON | Sweden | ECR | For |
| Diego SOLIER | Spain | ECR | Abstained |
| Dimitris TSIODRAS | Greece | EPP | For |
| Dirk GOTINK | Netherlands | EPP | For |
| Dóra DÁVID | Hungary | EPP | For |
| Eero HEINÄLUOMA | Finland | S&D | For |
| Elena DONAZZAN | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Elena NEVADO DEL CAMPO | Spain | EPP | For |
| Elena SANCHO MURILLO | Spain | S&D | For |
| Elisabeth DIERINGER voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Austria | Patriots | Abstained |
| Elisabeth GROSSMANN | Austria | S&D | For |
| Elsi KATAINEN | Finland | Renew | For |
| Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA | Poland | EPP | For |
| Emma FOURREAU | France | The Left | For |
| Emmanouil FRAGKOS | Greece | ECR | For |
| Engin EROGLU | Germany | Renew | For |
| Eric SARGIACOMO | France | S&D | For |
| Erik KALIŇÁK | Slovakia | No group | Against |
| Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS | Spain | EPP | For |
| Estelle CEULEMANS | Belgium | S&D | For |
| Estrella GALÁN | Spain | The Left | For |
| Eugen TOMAC | Romania | Renew | For |
| Evelyn REGNER | Austria | S&D | For |
| Evin INCIR | Sweden | S&D | For |
| Ewa KOPACZ | Poland | EPP | For |
| Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK | Poland | ESN | Abstained |
| Fabienne KELLER | France | Renew | For |
| Fabio DE MASI | Germany | No group | For |
| Fabrice LEGGERI | France | Patriots | For |
| Fernand KARTHEISER | Luxembourg | No group | For |
| Fernando NAVARRETE ROJAS | Spain | EPP | For |
| Fidias PANAYIOTOU | Cyprus | No group | For |
| Flavio TOSI | Italy | EPP | For |
| France JAMET | France | Patriots | For |
| Francesco TORSELLI | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Francesco VENTOLA | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Francisco ASSIS | Portugal | S&D | For |
| Francisco José MILLÁN MON | Spain | EPP | For |
| François KALFON | France | S&D | For |
| François-Xavier BELLAMY | France | EPP | For |
| Fredis BELERIS | Greece | EPP | For |
| Friedrich PÜRNER | Germany | No group | Abstained |
| Gabriel MATO | Spain | EPP | For |
| Gabriela FIREA | Romania | S&D | For |
| Gabriele BISCHOFF | Germany | S&D | For |
| Gaetano PEDULLA' | Italy | The Left | For |
| Galato ALEXANDRAKI | Greece | ECR | For |
| Geadis GEADI | Cyprus | ECR | For |
| Georg MAYER voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Austria | Patriots | Abstained |
| Gerald HAUSER voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Austria | Patriots | Abstained |
| Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY | Netherlands | Renew | For |
| Gerolf ANNEMANS | Belgium | Patriots | For |
| Gheorghe CÂRCIU | Romania | S&D | For |
| Gheorghe PIPEREA | Romania | ECR | For |
| Gilles BOYER | France | Renew | For |
| Gilles PENNELLE | France | Patriots | For |
| Giorgio GORI | Italy | S&D | For |
| Giorgos GEORGIOU | Cyprus | The Left | For |
| Giovanni CROSETTO | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Giuseppe ANTOCI | Italy | The Left | For |
| Giuseppe LUPO | Italy | S&D | For |
| Giusi PRINCI | Italy | EPP | For |
| Gordan BOSANAC | Croatia | Greens | For |
| Grégory ALLIONE | France | Renew | For |
| Grzegorz BRAUN | Poland | No group | Abstained |
| Guillaume PELTIER | France | ECR | For |
| Günther SIDL | Austria | S&D | For |
| Hana JALLOUL MURO | Spain | S&D | For |
| Hanna GEDIN | Sweden | The Left | For |
| Hanna GRONKIEWICZ-WALTZ | Poland | EPP | For |
| Hannah NEUMANN | Germany | Greens | For |
| Hans NEUHOFF voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Germany | ESN | For |
| Harald VILIMSKY voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Austria | Patriots | Abstained |
| Hélder SOUSA SILVA | Portugal | EPP | For |
| Heléne FRITZON | Sweden | S&D | For |
| Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER | Austria | Renew | For |
| Henrik DAHL | Denmark | EPP | For |
| Herbert DORFMANN | Italy | EPP | For |
| Hilde VAUTMANS | Belgium | Renew | For |
| Hildegard BENTELE | Germany | EPP | For |
| Hristo PETROV | Bulgaria | Renew | For |
| Idoia MENDIA | Spain | S&D | For |
| Ignazio Roberto MARINO | Italy | Greens | For |
| Ilaria SALIS | Italy | The Left | For |
| Ilhan KYUCHYUK | Bulgaria | Renew | For |
| Ilia LAZAROV voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Bulgaria | EPP | Abstained |
| Inese VAIDERE | Latvia | EPP | For |
| Ingeborg TER LAAK | Netherlands | EPP | For |
| Irena JOVEVA | Slovenia | Renew | For |
| Irene MONTERO | Spain | The Left | For |
| Irene TINAGLI | Italy | S&D | For |
| Irmhild BOSSDORF | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA | Spain | EPP | For |
| Isabel WISELER-LIMA | Luxembourg | EPP | For |
| Isabella LÖVIN | Sweden | Greens | For |
| Isabella TOVAGLIERI voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Italy | Patriots | Abstained |
| Isabelle LE CALLENNEC | France | EPP | For |
| Isilda GOMES | Portugal | S&D | For |
| Ivan DAVID | Czechia | ESN | Abstained |
| Ivars IJABS | Latvia | Renew | For |
| Ivaylo VALCHEV | Bulgaria | ECR | For |
| Jacek OZDOBA | Poland | ECR | For |
| Jacek PROTAS | Poland | EPP | For |
| Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | For |
| Jagna MARCZUŁAJTIS-WALCZAK | Poland | EPP | For |
| Jan FARSKÝ | Czechia | EPP | For |
| Jan-Christoph OETJEN | Germany | Renew | For |
| Jan-Peter WARNKE | Germany | No group | For |
| Jana NAGYOVÁ | Czechia | Patriots | For |
| Jana TOOM | Estonia | Renew | For |
| Janusz LEWANDOWSKI | Poland | EPP | For |
| Jaroslav KNOT | Czechia | Patriots | For |
| Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ | Czechia | Patriots | For |
| Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ | Spain | S&D | For |
| Javier ZARZALEJOS | Spain | EPP | For |
| Jean-Marc GERMAIN | France | S&D | For |
| Jean-Paul GARRAUD | France | Patriots | For |
| Jeannette BALJEU | Netherlands | Renew | For |
| Jens GEIER | Germany | S&D | For |
| Jens GIESEKE | Germany | EPP | For |
| Jérémy DECERLE | France | Renew | For |
| Jeroen LENAERS | Netherlands | EPP | For |
| Jessica POLFJÄRD | Sweden | EPP | For |
| Jessika VAN LEEUWEN | Netherlands | EPP | For |
| Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI | Poland | ECR | For |
| Joachim STREIT | Germany | Renew | For |
| Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS | Poland | S&D | For |
| Johan DANIELSSON | Sweden | S&D | For |
| Jonás FERNÁNDEZ | Spain | S&D | For |
| Jordan BARDELLA | France | Patriots | For |
| Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA | Spain | Patriots | For |
| Jörgen WARBORN | Sweden | EPP | For |
| José CEPEDA | Spain | S&D | For |
| Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL | Spain | Patriots | For |
| Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR | Spain | S&D | For |
| Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ | Spain | EPP | For |
| Judita LAŠŠÁKOVÁ | Slovakia | No group | Against |
| Julie RECHAGNEUX | France | Patriots | For |
| Julien LEONARDELLI | France | Patriots | For |
| Julien SANCHEZ | France | Patriots | For |
| Jüri RATAS | Estonia | EPP | For |
| Jussi SARAMO | Finland | The Left | For |
| Jutta PAULUS | Germany | Greens | For |
| Kai TEGETHOFF | Germany | Greens | For |
| Kamila GASIUK-PIHOWICZ | Poland | EPP | For |
| Karin KARLSBRO | Sweden | Renew | For |
| Karlo RESSLER | Croatia | EPP | For |
| Katarína ROTH NEVEĎALOVÁ | Slovakia | No group | Against |
| Kathleen FUNCHION | Ireland | The Left | For |
| Kathleen VAN BREMPT | Belgium | S&D | For |
| Katrin LANGENSIEPEN | Germany | Greens | For |
| Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN | Denmark | Greens | For |
| Klara DOSTALOVA | Czechia | Patriots | For |
| Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI | Poland | ECR | For |
| Kostas PAPADAKIS | Greece | No group | Abstained |
| Kris VAN DIJCK | Belgium | ECR | For |
| Krzysztof BREJZA | Poland | EPP | For |
| Lara MAGONI | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Lara WOLTERS | Netherlands | S&D | For |
| Laurence TROCHU | France | ECR | For |
| Laurent CASTILLO | France | EPP | For |
| Lefteris NIKOLAOU-ALAVANOS | Greece | No group | Abstained |
| Leila CHAIBI | France | The Left | For |
| Leire PAJÍN | Spain | S&D | For |
| Lena DÜPONT | Germany | EPP | For |
| Lena SCHILLING | Austria | Greens | For |
| Li ANDERSSON | Finland | The Left | For |
| Lídia PEREIRA | Portugal | EPP | For |
| Liesbet SOMMEN | Belgium | EPP | For |
| Lina GÁLVEZ | Spain | S&D | For |
| Liudas MAŽYLIS | Lithuania | EPP | For |
| Loránt VINCZE | Romania | EPP | For |
| Ľuboš BLAHA | Slovakia | No group | Against |
| Lucia ANNUNZIATA | Italy | S&D | For |
| Lucia YAR | Slovakia | Renew | For |
| Luděk NIEDERMAYER | Czechia | EPP | For |
| Ľudovít ÓDOR | Slovakia | Renew | For |
| Lukas MANDL | Austria | EPP | For |
| Łukasz KOHUT | Poland | EPP | For |
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | Ireland | The Left | For |
| Lynn BOYLAN | Ireland | The Left | For |
| Maciej WĄSIK | Poland | ECR | For |
| Magdalena ADAMOWICZ | Poland | EPP | For |
| Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | For |
| Malik AZMANI | Netherlands | Renew | For |
| Malika SOREL | France | No group | For |
| Manon AUBRY | France | The Left | For |
| Maravillas ABADÍA JOVER | Spain | EPP | For |
| Marc ANGEL | Luxembourg | S&D | For |
| Marc JONGEN | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Marcin SYPNIEWSKI | Poland | ESN | Abstained |
| Marco FALCONE | Italy | EPP | For |
| Marco SQUARTA | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Marco TARQUINIO | Italy | S&D | For |
| Marcos ROS SEMPERE | Spain | S&D | For |
| Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN | Spain | Patriots | For |
| Maria GRAPINI | Romania | S&D | For |
| Maria GUZENINA | Finland | S&D | For |
| Maria NOICHL | Germany | S&D | For |
| Maria OHISALO | Finland | Greens | For |
| Maria WALSH | Ireland | EPP | For |
| Maria ZACHARIA | Greece | No group | For |
| Marianne VIND | Denmark | S&D | For |
| Mariateresa VIVALDINI | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Marie TOUSSAINT | France | Greens | For |
| Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN | Germany | Renew | For |
| Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN | France | Patriots | For |
| Marieke EHLERS voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Netherlands | Patriots | Abstained |
| Marina KALJURAND | Estonia | S&D | For |
| Marina MESURE | France | The Left | For |
| Mario FURORE | Italy | The Left | For |
| Mario MANTOVANI | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Marion WALSMANN | Germany | EPP | For |
| Marit MAIJ | Netherlands | S&D | For |
| Mariusz KAMIŃSKI | Poland | ECR | For |
| Marjan ŠAREC | Slovenia | Renew | For |
| Markéta GREGOROVÁ | Czechia | Greens | For |
| Markus BUCHHEIT | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Markus FERBER | Germany | EPP | For |
| Marlena MALĄG | Poland | ECR | For |
| Marta TEMIDO | Portugal | S&D | For |
| Marta WCISŁO | Poland | EPP | For |
| Martin GÜNTHER | Germany | The Left | For |
| Martin HÄUSLING | Germany | Greens | For |
| Martin HOJSÍK | Slovakia | Renew | For |
| Martin SCHIRDEWAN | Germany | The Left | For |
| Martin SONNEBORN | Germany | No group | For |
| Martine KEMP | Luxembourg | EPP | For |
| Mārtiņš STAĶIS | Latvia | Greens | For |
| Mary KHAN | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Massimiliano SALINI | Italy | EPP | For |
| Matej TONIN | Slovenia | EPP | For |
| Mathilde ANDROUËT | France | Patriots | For |
| Matjaž NEMEC | Slovenia | S&D | For |
| Matteo RICCI | Italy | S&D | For |
| Mélanie DISDIER | France | Patriots | For |
| Mélissa CAMARA | France | Greens | For |
| Merja KYLLÖNEN | Finland | The Left | For |
| Michael GAHLER | Germany | EPP | For |
| Michael MCNAMARA | Ireland | Renew | For |
| Michael VON DER SCHULENBURG | Germany | No group | For |
| Michał KOBOSKO | Poland | Renew | For |
| Michał SZCZERBA | Poland | EPP | For |
| Michał WAWRYKIEWICZ | Poland | EPP | For |
| Michal WIEZIK | Slovakia | Renew | For |
| Michalis HADJIPANTELA | Cyprus | EPP | For |
| Michele PICARO | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Mieke ANDRIESE voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Netherlands | Patriots | Abstained |
| Mika AALTOLA | Finland | EPP | For |
| Milan MAZUREK | Slovakia | ESN | Abstained |
| Milan UHRÍK | Slovakia | ESN | Abstained |
| Milan ZVER | Slovenia | EPP | For |
| Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA | Romania | EPP | For |
| Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN | Spain | Patriots | For |
| Miriam LEXMANN | Slovakia | EPP | For |
| Mirosława NYKIEL | Poland | EPP | For |
| Mohammed CHAHIM voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Netherlands | S&D | Against |
| Monika HOHLMEIER | Germany | EPP | For |
| Moritz KÖRNER | Germany | Renew | For |
| Morten LØKKEGAARD | Denmark | Renew | For |
| Mounir SATOURI | France | Greens | For |
| Murielle LAURENT | France | S&D | For |
| Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR | Spain | S&D | For |
| Nadine MORANO | France | EPP | For |
| Niclas HERBST | Germany | EPP | For |
| Nicola ZINGARETTI | Italy | S&D | For |
| Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ | Romania | Greens | For |
| Nicolas BAY | France | ECR | For |
| Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES | Spain | S&D | For |
| Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE | Spain | EPP | For |
| Niels Flemming HANSEN | Denmark | EPP | For |
| Niels GEUKING | Germany | EPP | For |
| Nikola BARTŮŠEK | Czechia | Patriots | For |
| Nikola MINCHEV | Bulgaria | Renew | For |
| Nikolaos ANADIOTIS | Greece | No group | For |
| Nikolas FARANTOURIS | Greece | The Left | For |
| Nikolina BRNJAC | Croatia | EPP | For |
| Nikos PAPANDREOU | Greece | S&D | For |
| Nils UŠAKOVS | Latvia | S&D | For |
| Nina CARBERRY | Ireland | EPP | For |
| Nora JUNCO GARCÍA | Spain | ECR | Abstained |
| Norbert LINS | Germany | EPP | For |
| Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ | Spain | Renew | For |
| Oliver SCHENK | Germany | EPP | For |
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | Renew | For |
| Ondřej DOSTÁL | Czechia | No group | Abstained |
| Ondřej KNOTEK | Czechia | Patriots | For |
| Ondřej KOLÁŘ | Czechia | EPP | For |
| Ondřej KRUTÍLEK | Czechia | ECR | For |
| Özlem DEMIREL | Germany | The Left | For |
| Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA | Spain | EPP | For |
| Paolo BORCHIA voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Italy | Patriots | Abstained |
| Paolo INSELVINI | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Pär HOLMGREN | Sweden | Greens | For |
| Pascal ARIMONT | Belgium | EPP | For |
| Pascal CANFIN | France | Renew | For |
| Pascale PIERA | France | Patriots | For |
| Pasquale TRIDICO | Italy | The Left | For |
| Patryk JAKI | Poland | ECR | For |
| Paulius SAUDARGAS | Lithuania | EPP | For |
| Paulo CUNHA | Portugal | EPP | For |
| Pekka TOVERI | Finland | EPP | For |
| Per CLAUSEN | Denmark | The Left | For |
| Pernando BARRENA ARZA | Spain | The Left | For |
| Peter LIESE | Germany | EPP | For |
| Petra STEGER voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Austria | Patriots | Abstained |
| Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS | Lithuania | Renew | For |
| Petras GRAŽULIS voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Lithuania | ESN | For |
| Philippe OLIVIER | France | Patriots | For |
| Pierfrancesco MARAN | Italy | S&D | For |
| Pierre JOUVET | France | S&D | For |
| Pierre PIMPIE | France | Patriots | For |
| Pierre-Romain THIONNET | France | Patriots | For |
| Pietro FIOCCHI | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Rada LAYKOVA | Bulgaria | ESN | Abstained |
| Radan KANEV | Bulgaria | EPP | For |
| Raffaele STANCANELLI voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Italy | Patriots | Abstained |
| Raffaele TOPO | Italy | S&D | For |
| Ralf SEEKATZ | Germany | EPP | For |
| Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE | Netherlands | Renew | For |
| Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ | Lithuania | EPP | For |
| Rasmus ANDRESEN | Germany | Greens | For |
| Rasmus NORDQVIST | Denmark | Greens | For |
| Raúl DE LA HOZ QUINTANO | Spain | EPP | For |
| Reinhold LOPATKA | Austria | EPP | For |
| Reinier VAN LANSCHOT | Netherlands | Greens | For |
| Reinis POZŅAKS | Latvia | ECR | For |
| René AUST | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| René REPASI | Germany | S&D | For |
| Rihards KOLS | Latvia | ECR | For |
| Riho TERRAS | Estonia | EPP | For |
| Rima HASSAN | France | The Left | For |
| Robert BIEDROŃ | Poland | S&D | For |
| Roberto VANNACCI voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Italy | Patriots | Abstained |
| Roberts ZĪLE | Latvia | ECR | For |
| Rody TOLASSY | France | Patriots | For |
| Roman HAIDER voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Austria | Patriots | Abstained |
| Romana JERKOVIĆ | Croatia | S&D | For |
| Romana TOMC | Slovenia | EPP | For |
| Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT | Spain | EPP | For |
| Rosa SERRANO SIERRA | Spain | S&D | For |
| Rudi KENNES | Belgium | The Left | For |
| Ruggero RAZZA | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Ruth FIRMENICH | Germany | No group | For |
| Sabrina REPP | Germany | S&D | For |
| Sakis ARNAOUTOGLOU | Greece | S&D | For |
| Salvatore DE MEO | Italy | EPP | For |
| Sander SMIT | Netherlands | EPP | For |
| Sandra GÓMEZ LÓPEZ | Spain | S&D | For |
| Sandra KALNIETE | Latvia | EPP | For |
| Sandro RUOTOLO | Italy | S&D | For |
| Sara MATTHIEU | Belgium | Greens | For |
| Sarah KNAFO voted otherwise than their group's clear line | France | ESN | For |
| Saskia BRICMONT | Belgium | Greens | For |
| Seán KELLY | Ireland | EPP | For |
| Sebastian EVERDING | Germany | The Left | For |
| Sebastian KRUIS voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Netherlands | Patriots | Abstained |
| Sebastian TYNKKYNEN | Finland | ECR | For |
| Sebastião BUGALHO | Portugal | EPP | For |
| Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA | Romania | ECR | For |
| Sergey LAGODINSKY | Germany | Greens | For |
| Sergio BERLATO | Italy | ECR | Abstained |
| Sérgio GONÇALVES | Portugal | S&D | For |
| Sérgio HUMBERTO | Portugal | EPP | For |
| Séverine WERBROUCK | France | Patriots | For |
| Sibylle BERG | Germany | No group | For |
| Siegbert Frank DROESE | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Sigrid FRIIS | Denmark | Renew | For |
| Silvia SARDONE voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Italy | Patriots | Abstained |
| Sofie ERIKSSON | Sweden | S&D | For |
| Sophia KIRCHER | Austria | EPP | For |
| Stefan BERGER | Germany | EPP | For |
| Stefan KÖHLER | Germany | EPP | For |
| Ştefan MUŞOIU | Romania | S&D | For |
| Stéphanie YON-COURTIN | France | Renew | For |
| Stephen Nikola BARTULICA | Croatia | ECR | For |
| Stine BOSSE | Denmark | Renew | For |
| Sunčana GLAVAK | Croatia | EPP | For |
| Susanna CECCARDI voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Italy | Patriots | Abstained |
| Sven MIKSER | Estonia | S&D | For |
| Sven SIMON | Germany | EPP | For |
| Terry REINTKE | Germany | Greens | For |
| Thijs REUTEN | Netherlands | S&D | For |
| Thomas BAJADA | Malta | S&D | For |
| Thomas GEISEL | Germany | No group | For |
| Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN | France | S&D | For |
| Thomas WAITZ | Austria | Greens | For |
| Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ | Portugal | Patriots | For |
| Tilly METZ | Luxembourg | Greens | For |
| Tobiasz BOCHEŃSKI | Poland | ECR | For |
| Tom BERENDSEN | Netherlands | EPP | For |
| Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE | Belgium | Patriots | For |
| Tomáš KUBÍN | Czechia | Patriots | For |
| Tomas TOBÉ | Sweden | EPP | For |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ | Czechia | EPP | For |
| Tomasz BUCZEK voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Poland | Patriots | Abstained |
| Tomasz FROELICH | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Tomislav SOKOL | Croatia | EPP | For |
| Ton DIEPEVEEN voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Netherlands | Patriots | Abstained |
| Tonino PICULA | Croatia | S&D | For |
| Udo BULLMANN | Germany | S&D | For |
| Urmas PAET | Estonia | Renew | For |
| Valentina PALMISANO | Italy | The Left | For |
| Valérie DELOGE | France | Patriots | For |
| Valérie DEVAUX | France | Renew | For |
| Vangelis MEIMARAKIS | Greece | EPP | For |
| Vasile DÎNCU | Romania | S&D | For |
| Verena MERTENS | Germany | EPP | For |
| Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ | Slovakia | Renew | For |
| Veronika VRECIONOVÁ | Czechia | ECR | For |
| Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ | Lithuania | S&D | For |
| Vilis KRIŠTOPANS voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Latvia | Patriots | Abstained |
| Villy SØVNDAL | Denmark | Greens | For |
| Virginie JORON | France | Patriots | For |
| Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS | Lithuania | Greens | For |
| Vivien COSTANZO | Germany | S&D | For |
| Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU | Romania | Renew | For |
| Vladimir PREBILIČ | Slovenia | Greens | For |
| Volker SCHNURRBUSCH | Germany | ESN | Abstained |
| Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS | Lithuania | S&D | For |
| Wouter BEKE | Belgium | EPP | For |
| Yannis MANIATIS | Greece | S&D | For |
| Younous OMARJEE | France | The Left | For |
| Zala ČERNILEC TOMAŠIČ | Slovenia | EPP | For |
| Željana ZOVKO | Croatia | EPP | For |
| Zsuzsanna BORVENDÉG voted otherwise than their group's clear line | Hungary | ESN | Against |
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie WILMÈS Belgium | Renew | Speeches1 | 18 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | No vote recorded |
| Ewa KOPACZ Poland | EPP | Speeches2 | 17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Davor Ivo STIER Croatia | EPP | Speeches1 | 17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Thierry MARIANI France | Patriots | Speeches1 | 17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group | No vote recorded |
| Marina MESURE France | The Left | Speeches1 | 17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group | For |
| Dan BARNA Romania | Renew | Speeches1 | 17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Francisco ASSIS Portugal | S&D | Speeches1 | 17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
All votes on this decision, 7
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 RC-B10-0567/2025 – After § 3 – Am 1 | Roll call | 121 for, 377 against, 50 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Patriots |
| 2 | Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0567/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Roll call | 477 for, 7 against, 69 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Renew |
| 3 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0567/2025 | Show of hands | Lapsed |
Show the other 6 votesShow the other 4 votes
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0567/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Roll call | 477 for, 7 against, 69 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Renew |
| 3 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0567/2025 | Show of hands | Lapsed |
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0576/2025 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 5 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0581/2025 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 6 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0583/2025 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 7 | Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0589/2025 | Show of hands | Lapsed |
Roll calls requested by Renew, Patriots.
Text
The text voted on.
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Parliament adopted a resolution on the arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan.
It condemns the lack of due process and fair trial, and calls for their immediate and unconditional release.
Parliament also calls on Azerbaijan to release all political prisoners and urges the EU to consider sanctions under its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime.
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This resolution condemns the arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan, calls for their immediate release, and urges the Azerbaijani authorities to end reprisals against critics and release all political prisoners.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2025/3028(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject
Parliament adopted the text on 18 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
Show the 3 steps of the dossier
- Tabled for plenary (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 18 December 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: EU Magnitsky Act
Running issue: EU Magnitsky Act
- Issue EU Magnitsky Act Running issue · EU initiative 11 Mar 2026
- Decision Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application New EU law · report by Birgit Sippel 11 Mar 2026 Passed
- Decision Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’) Resolution · report by Antonio López-Istúriz White 21 Jan 2026 Adopted
- Decision Continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TV Resolution · motion for a resolution 19 Dec 2024 Adopted
Sources & citation
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- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan”. Decision, 18 December 2025. votingId 182962, document B-10-2025-0589, reference 2025/3028(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/2?members=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-18/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-12-18-2,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-12-18},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/2?members=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/2?members=all},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 182962, document B-10-2025-0589, reference 2025/3028(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}