Decision

Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November

Effect: Adopted
Result: 535 for · 0 against · 42 abstained roll call
Date: 18 December 2025, 12:07
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Motion B-10-2025-0586
Dossier: 2025/3027(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 10 votes · 1 roll call
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 18 December 2025
Final vote: 182963

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Motion B-10-2025-0586
Dossier: 2025/3027(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 10 votes · 1 roll call
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 18 December 2025
Final vote: 182963

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Members on the final vote

Result

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Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 36	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 9 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.96
Greens	For 43	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 104	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 32 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 60	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 15 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 151	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 37 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 68	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 54	Against 0	Abst. 12	No vote 19 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.73
ESN	For 3	Against 0	Abst. 20	No vote 4 of 27	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.80
No group	For 16	Against 0	Abst. 9	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, 16

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 abstained of 37 who voted
Abstained (1)
- Marc BOTENGA Belgium
Patriots line For · 12 abstained of 66 who voted
Abstained (12)
- Anders VISTISEN Denmark
- Auke ZIJLSTRA Netherlands
- Elisabeth DIERINGER Austria
- Georg MAYER Austria
- Gerald HAUSER Austria
- Harald VILIMSKY Austria
- Marieke EHLERS Netherlands
- Mieke ANDRIESE Netherlands
- Petra STEGER Austria
- Roman HAIDER Austria
- Sebastian KRUIS Netherlands
- Ton DIEPEVEEN Netherlands
ESN line Abstained · 3 voted for or against of 23 who voted
Voted for or against (3)
- Ivan DAVID Czechia
- Petras GRAŽULIS Lithuania
- Sarah KNAFO France

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	12	6	2	0.50
Belgium	17	1	4	0.92
Bulgaria	11	1	5	0.88
Cyprus	5	0	1	—
Czechia	19	1	1	0.93
Germany	70	15	11	0.74
Denmark	12	1	2	0.88
Estonia	7	0	0	—
Spain	48	0	12	1.00
Finland	10	0	5	1.00
France	65	0	16	1.00
Greece	12	2	7	0.79
Croatia	11	0	1	1.00
Hungary	3	1	17	—
Ireland	10	0	4	1.00
Italy	60	0	16	1.00
Lithuania	11	0	0	1.00
Luxembourg	6	0	0	—
Latvia	9	0	0	—
Malta	3	0	3	—
Netherlands	21	5	5	0.71
Poland	43	3	7	0.90
Portugal	18	0	3	1.00
Romania	17	0	16	1.00
Sweden	19	0	2	1.00
Slovenia	9	0	0	—
Slovakia	7	6	2	0.31

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.
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
Tomasz FROELICH Germany	ESN	Speeches1	17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	Abstained
Marta TEMIDO Portugal	S&D	Speeches1	17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Murielle LAURENT France	S&D	Speeches1	17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ Portugal	Patriots	Speeches1	17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For

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Debate speakers, continued
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Ana VASCONCELOS Portugal	Renew	Speeches1	17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Hélder SOUSA SILVA Portugal	EPP	Speeches1	17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
João OLIVEIRA Portugal	The Left	Speeches1	17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Catarina VIEIRA Netherlands	Greens	Speeches1	17 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For

All votes on this decision, 10

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 1	Show of hands	Rejected
2	Vote on text inserted after recital B	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0568/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	535 for, 0 against, 42 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Renew

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Vote on text inserted after recital B	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0568/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	535 for, 0 against, 42 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Renew

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
4	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0568/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
5	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0572/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
6	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0573/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
7	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0574/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
8	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0575/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
9	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0579/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed
10	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0586/2025	Show of hands	Lapsed

Roll call requested by Renew.

Text

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Motion B-10-2025-0586

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Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the military coup in Guinea-Bissau on 26 November 2025 and the interruption of the electoral process.

It calls for the immediate release of Domingos Simões Pereira and all detainees, and for the publication of the election results from 23 November.

Parliament urges a swift return to constitutional order, lifting restrictions on independent media, and structural reforms, especially of the security sector.

The resolution will be forwarded to the Council, the Commission, the EU's foreign policy chief, member states, ECOWAS, the African Union, the CPLP, and Guinea-Bissau's authorities.

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Parliament condemns the military coup of 26 November 2025 in Guinea-Bissau and the interruption of the electoral process, calling for the release of detained persons and publication of election results.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/3027(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November

Parliament adopted the text on 18 December 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

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Tabled for plenary (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 18 December 2025 (done)
Parliament’s position · Final (done)

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-18
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November”. Decision, 18 December 2025. votingId 182963, document B-10-2025-0586, reference 2025/3027(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/4 (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-2025-12-18-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-18/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182963, document B-10-2025-0586, reference 2025/3027(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)}
}