Decision

Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong

Effect: Adopted
Result: 503 for · 9 against · 100 abstained roll call
Date: 22 January 2026, 12:05
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Motion B-10-2026-0082
Dossier: 2026/2573(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 22 January 2026
Final vote: 184067

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Motion B-10-2026-0082
Dossier: 2026/2573(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 22 January 2026
Final vote: 184067

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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.

5 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; The Left, Patriots and 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 11	Against 1	Abst. 21	No vote 13 of 46	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.45
Greens	For 49	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 112	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 24 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 64	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 168	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 19 of 187	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 61	Against 0	Abst. 3	No vote 15 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.93
Patriots	For 27	Against 0	Abst. 42	No vote 17 of 86	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.41
ESN	For 2	Against 0	Abst. 24	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.88
No group	For 9	Against 8	Abst. 10	No vote 3 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, 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, 5

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 · 3 abstained of 64 who voted
Abstained (3)
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
- Georgiana TEODORESCU Romania
ESN line Abstained · 2 voted for or against of 26 who voted
Voted for or against (2)
- 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	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	13	0	6	1	0.53
Belgium	14	0	0	8	1.00
Bulgaria	10	0	3	4	0.65
Cyprus	5	0	1	0	—
Czechia	16	2	1	2	0.76
Germany	63	5	17	11	0.61
Denmark	12	0	1	2	0.88
Estonia	7	0	0	0	—
Spain	50	0	2	8	0.94
Finland	13	0	0	2	1.00
France	37	0	35	9	0.27
Greece	15	0	5	1	0.63
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	2	0	1	18	—
Ireland	13	0	0	1	1.00
Italy	55	0	9	12	0.79
Lithuania	9	0	0	2	—
Luxembourg	5	0	1	0	—
Latvia	9	0	0	0	—
Malta	3	0	0	3	—
Netherlands	24	0	6	1	0.70
Poland	43	0	3	7	0.90
Portugal	17	1	0	3	0.92
Romania	24	0	2	7	0.88
Sweden	18	0	0	3	1.00
Slovenia	8	0	0	1	—
Slovakia	6	1	7	1	0.25

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.

612 members with a recorded position.

Each member's recorded position. **≠ group**: voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds) of their group.
Member	Country	Group	Position
Adam BIELAN	Poland	ECR	For
Adam JARUBAS	Poland	EPP	For
Adina VĂLEAN	Romania	EPP	For
Adnan DIBRANI	Sweden	S&D	For
Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA	Spain	EPP	For
Afroditi LATINOPOULOU	Greece	Patriots	For
Alberico GAMBINO	Italy	ECR	For
Aleksandar NIKOLIC	France	Patriots	Abstained
Alessandra MORETTI	Italy	S&D	For
Alessandro CIRIANI	Italy	ECR	For
Alessandro ZAN	Italy	S&D	For
Alex AGIUS SALIBA	Malta	S&D	For
Alexander BERNHUBER	Austria	EPP	For
Alexander JUNGBLUTH	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Alexander SELL	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Alexandra GEESE	Germany	Greens	For
Alexandra MEHNERT	Germany	EPP	For
Alexandre VARAUT	France	Patriots	Abstained
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 Miguel PEDRO	Portugal	EPP	For
Ana MIRANDA PAZ	Spain	Greens	For
Ana VASCONCELOS	Portugal	Renew	For
Anders VISTISEN	Denmark	Patriots	Abstained
Andi CRISTEA	Romania	S&D	For
André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES	Portugal	S&D	For
André ROUGÉ	France	Patriots	Abstained
Andreas SCHIEDER	Austria	S&D	For
Andreas SCHWAB	Germany	EPP	For
Andrey KOVATCHEV	Bulgaria	EPP	For
Andrey NOVAKOV	Bulgaria	EPP	For
Andrzej BUŁA	Poland	EPP	For
Andrzej HALICKI	Poland	EPP	For
Angelika NIEBLER	Germany	EPP	For
Angelika WINZIG	Austria	EPP	For
Angéline FURET	France	Patriots	Abstained
Anja ARNDT	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Anna BRYŁKA	Poland	Patriots	For
Anna CAVAZZINI	Germany	Greens	For
Anna Maria CISINT	Italy	Patriots	For
Anna STROLENBERG	Netherlands	Greens	For
Anna STÜRGKH	Austria	Renew	For
Anna ZALEWSKA	Poland	ECR	For
Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON	Finland	Renew	For
Annalisa CORRADO	Italy	S&D	For
Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT	France	Patriots	Abstained
Anouk VAN BRUG	Netherlands	Renew	For
Anthony SMITH	France	The Left	Abstained
Antonella SBERNA	Italy	ECR	For
Antonín STANĚK	Czechia	Patriots	For
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE	Spain	EPP	For
Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN	Ireland	S&D	For
Arash SAEIDI	France	The Left	Abstained
Arba KOKALARI	Sweden	EPP	For
Arkadiusz MULARCZYK	Poland	ECR	For
Arno BAUSEMER	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Asger CHRISTENSEN	Denmark	Renew	For
Auke ZIJLSTRA	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Aura SALLA	Finland	EPP	For
Axel VOSS	Germany	EPP	For
Barbara BONTE	Belgium	Patriots	For
Barry ANDREWS	Ireland	Renew	For
Barry COWEN	Ireland	Renew	For
Bart GROOTHUIS	Netherlands	Renew	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
Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI	Poland	EPP	For
Bogdan RZOŃCA	Poland	ECR	For
Borja GIMÉNEZ LARRAZ	Spain	EPP	For
Borys BUDKA	Poland	EPP	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	For
Carlo FIDANZA	Italy	ECR	For
Carmen CRESPO DÍAZ	Spain	EPP	For
Carolina MORACE	Italy	The Left	Abstained
Catarina MARTINS	Portugal	The Left	For
Catarina VIEIRA	Netherlands	Greens	For
Caterina CHINNICI	Italy	EPP	For
Catherine GRISET	France	Patriots	Abstained
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	For
Christel SCHALDEMOSE	Denmark	S&D	For
Christian DOLESCHAL	Germany	EPP	For
Christine ANDERSON	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Christine SCHNEIDER	Germany	EPP	For
Christine SINGER	Germany	Renew	For
Christophe BAY	France	Patriots	Abstained
Christophe CLERGEAU	France	S&D	For
Christophe GOMART	France	EPP	For
Christophe GRUDLER	France	Renew	For
Ciaran MULLOOLY	Ireland	Renew	For
Claire FITA	France	S&D	For
Claudiu MANDA	Romania	S&D	For
Claudiu-Richard TÂRZIU	Romania	ECR	For
Costas MAVRIDES	Cyprus	S&D	For
Cristina GUARDA	Italy	Greens	For
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
Dan BARNA	Romania	Renew	For
Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU	Romania	EPP	For
Daniel BUDA	Romania	EPP	For
Daniel CASPARY	Germany	EPP	For
Daniel FREUND	Germany	Greens	For
Daniele POLATO	Italy	ECR	For
Danilo DELLA VALLE	Italy	The Left	Abstained
Danuše NERUDOVÁ	Czechia	EPP	For
Dario NARDELLA	Italy	S&D	For
Dario TAMBURRANO	Italy	The Left	Abstained
Dariusz JOŃSKI	Poland	EPP	For
David CASA	Malta	EPP	For
David CORMAND	France	Greens	For
David MCALLISTER	Germany	EPP	For
Davor Ivo STIER	Croatia	EPP	For
Delara BURKHARDT	Germany	S&D	For
Denis NESCI	Italy	ECR	For
Dennis RADTKE	Germany	EPP	For
Diana IOVANOVICI ŞOŞOACĂ	Romania	No group	Abstained
Diana RIBA I GINER	Spain	Greens	For
Dick ERIXON	Sweden	ECR	For
Diego SOLIER	Spain	ECR	For
Dimitris TSIODRAS	Greece	EPP	For
Dirk GOTINK	Netherlands	EPP	For
Dolors MONTSERRAT	Spain	EPP	For
Eero HEINÄLUOMA	Finland	S&D	For
Elena DONAZZAN	Italy	ECR	For
Elena NEVADO DEL CAMPO	Spain	EPP	For
Elena SANCHO MURILLO	Spain	S&D	For
Elena YONCHEVA	Bulgaria	No group	For
Eleonora MELETI	Greece	EPP	For
Elisabeth DIERINGER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Elisabeth GROSSMANN	Austria	S&D	For
Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI	Greece	EPP	For
Elsi KATAINEN	Finland	Renew	For
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA	Poland	EPP	For
Emil RADEV	Bulgaria	EPP	For
Emma FOURREAU	France	The Left	Abstained
Emma RAFOWICZ	France	S&D	For
Emma WIESNER	Sweden	Renew	For
Emmanouil FRAGKOS voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Greece	ECR	Abstained
Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS	Greece	EPP	For
Eric SARGIACOMO	France	S&D	For
Erik KALIŇÁK	Slovakia	No group	Abstained
Erik MARQUARDT	Germany	Greens	For
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS	Spain	EPP	For
Estelle CEULEMANS	Belgium	S&D	For
Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA	Spain	EPP	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	Against
Fabrice LEGGERI	France	Patriots	Abstained
Fernand KARTHEISER	Luxembourg	No group	Abstained
Fernando NAVARRETE ROJAS	Spain	EPP	For
Fidias PANAYIOTOU	Cyprus	No group	For
Flavio TOSI	Italy	EPP	For
France JAMET	France	Patriots	Abstained
Francesco TORSELLI	Italy	ECR	For
Francesco VENTOLA	Italy	ECR	For
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	Abstained
Galato ALEXANDRAKI voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Greece	ECR	Abstained
Geadis GEADI	Cyprus	ECR	For
Georg MAYER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Georgiana TEODORESCU voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Romania	ECR	Abstained
Georgios AFTIAS	Greece	EPP	For
Gerald HAUSER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY	Netherlands	Renew	For
Gheorghe CÂRCIU	Romania	S&D	For
Gheorghe FALCĂ	Romania	EPP	For
Gilles BOYER	France	Renew	For
Gilles PENNELLE	France	Patriots	Abstained
Giorgio GORI	Italy	S&D	For
Giorgos GEORGIOU	Cyprus	The Left	Abstained
Giovanni CROSETTO	Italy	ECR	For
Giuseppe ANTOCI	Italy	The Left	Abstained
Giuseppe LUPO	Italy	S&D	For
Giusi PRINCI	Italy	EPP	For
Gordan BOSANAC	Croatia	Greens	For
Grégory ALLIONE	France	Renew	For
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
Hannes HEIDE	Austria	S&D	For
Hans NEUHOFF	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Harald VILIMSKY	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Hélder SOUSA SILVA	Portugal	EPP	For
Heléne FRITZON	Sweden	S&D	For
Henrik DAHL	Denmark	EPP	For
Herbert DORFMANN	Italy	EPP	For
Hermann TERTSCH	Spain	Patriots	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	Abstained
Ilhan KYUCHYUK	Bulgaria	Renew	For
Inese VAIDERE	Latvia	EPP	For
Ingeborg TER LAAK	Netherlands	EPP	For
Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN	Romania	EPP	For
Irena JOVEVA	Slovenia	Renew	For
Irene MONTERO	Spain	The Left	Abstained
Irene TINAGLI	Italy	S&D	For
Irmhild BOSSDORF	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA	Spain	EPP	For
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ	Spain	The Left	Abstained
Isabel WISELER-LIMA	Luxembourg	EPP	For
Isabella LÖVIN	Sweden	Greens	For
Isabella TOVAGLIERI	Italy	Patriots	For
Isabelle LE CALLENNEC	France	EPP	For
Isilda GOMES	Portugal	S&D	For
Iuliu WINKLER	Romania	EPP	For
Ivan DAVID	Czechia	ESN	Abstained
Ivars IJABS	Latvia	Renew	For
Ivaylo VALCHEV	Bulgaria	ECR	For
Jaak MADISON	Estonia	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	Against
Jana NAGYOVÁ	Czechia	Patriots	For
Jana TOOM	Estonia	Renew	For
Jaroslav BŽOCH	Czechia	Patriots	For
Jaroslav KNOT	Czechia	Patriots	For
Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ	Czechia	Patriots	For
Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ	Spain	Greens	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	Abstained
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
Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS	Poland	S&D	For
João OLIVEIRA	Portugal	The Left	Against
Johan DANIELSSON	Sweden	S&D	For
Jonás FERNÁNDEZ	Spain	S&D	For
Jonas SJÖSTEDT	Sweden	The Left	For
Jordan BARDELLA	France	Patriots	Abstained
Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA	Spain	Patriots	For
Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS	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	Abstained
Julie RECHAGNEUX	France	Patriots	Abstained
Julien LEONARDELLI	France	Patriots	Abstained
Julien SANCHEZ	France	Patriots	Abstained
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
Katarina BARLEY	Germany	S&D	For
Katarína ROTH NEVEĎALOVÁ	Slovakia	No group	Abstained
Kateřina KONEČNÁ	Czechia	No group	Against
Kathleen FUNCHION	Ireland	The Left	For
Kathleen VAN BREMPT	Belgium	S&D	For
Katri KULMUNI	Finland	Renew	For
Katrin LANGENSIEPEN	Germany	Greens	For
Kim VAN SPARRENTAK	Netherlands	Greens	For
Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN	Denmark	Greens	For
Klára DOBREV	Hungary	S&D	For
Konstantinos ARVANITIS	Greece	The Left	Abstained
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI	Poland	ECR	For
Kostas PAPADAKIS	Greece	No group	Abstained
Kris VAN DIJCK	Belgium	ECR	For
Kristian VIGENIN	Bulgaria	S&D	For
Kristoffer STORM	Denmark	ECR	For
Krzysztof BREJZA	Poland	EPP	For
Krzysztof HETMAN	Poland	EPP	For
Krzysztof ŚMISZEK	Poland	S&D	For
Lara MAGONI	Italy	ECR	For
Lara WOLTERS	Netherlands	S&D	For
Laurence FARRENG	France	Renew	For
Laurence TROCHU	France	ECR	For
Lefteris NIKOLAOU-ALAVANOS	Greece	No group	Abstained
Leire PAJÍN	Spain	S&D	For
Lena DÜPONT	Germany	EPP	For
Lena SCHILLING	Austria	Greens	For
Leoluca ORLANDO	Italy	Greens	For
Letizia MORATTI	Italy	EPP	For
Li ANDERSSON	Finland	The Left	For
Liesbet SOMMEN	Belgium	EPP	For
Liudas MAŽYLIS	Lithuania	EPP	For
Loránt VINCZE	Romania	EPP	For
Loucas FOURLAS	Cyprus	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
Luis-Vicențiu LAZARUS	Romania	No group	For
Lukas MANDL	Austria	EPP	For
Lukas SIEPER	Germany	No group	For
Łukasz KOHUT	Poland	EPP	For
Lynn BOYLAN	Ireland	The Left	For
Maciej WĄSIK	Poland	ECR	For
Magdalena ADAMOWICZ	Poland	EPP	For
Malik AZMANI	Netherlands	Renew	For
Malika SOREL	France	No group	For
Manfred WEBER	Germany	EPP	For
Manuela RIPA	Germany	EPP	For
Maravillas ABADÍA JOVER	Spain	EPP	For
Marc ANGEL	Luxembourg	S&D	For
Marc JONGEN	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Marcin SYPNIEWSKI	Poland	ESN	Abstained
Marco SQUARTA	Italy	ECR	For
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	For
Marie DAUCHY	France	Patriots	Abstained
Marie TOUSSAINT	France	Greens	For
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN	Germany	Renew	For
Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN	France	Patriots	Abstained
Marieke EHLERS	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Marina KALJURAND	Estonia	S&D	For
Marina MESURE	France	The Left	Abstained
Mario FURORE	Italy	The Left	Abstained
Marion MARÉCHAL	France	ECR	For
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
Marko VEŠLIGAJ	Croatia	S&D	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	Abstained
Martin HÄUSLING	Germany	Greens	For
Martin HOJSÍK	Slovakia	Renew	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	Abstained
Matjaž NEMEC	Slovenia	S&D	For
Matteo RICCI	Italy	S&D	For
Matthias ECKE	Germany	S&D	For
Matthieu VALET	France	Patriots	Abstained
Mélanie DISDIER	France	Patriots	Abstained
Mélissa CAMARA	France	Greens	For
Michael BLOSS	Germany	Greens	For
Michael GAHLER	Germany	EPP	For
Michael MCNAMARA	Ireland	Renew	For
Michael VON DER SCHULENBURG	Germany	No group	Against
Michał DWORCZYK	Poland	ECR	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	For
Mieke ANDRIESE	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	Netherlands	S&D	For
Monika BEŇOVÁ	Slovakia	No group	Abstained
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
Nathalie LOISEAU	France	Renew	For
Nela RIEHL	Germany	Greens	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
Nikos PAPPAS	Greece	The Left	For
Nils UŠAKOVS	Latvia	S&D	For
Nina CARBERRY	Ireland	EPP	For
Nora JUNCO GARCÍA	Spain	ECR	For
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	Against
Ondřej KNOTEK	Czechia	Patriots	For
Ondřej KOLÁŘ	Czechia	EPP	For
Ondřej KRUTÍLEK	Czechia	ECR	For
Özlem DEMIREL	Germany	The Left	Abstained
Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA	Spain	EPP	For
Paolo BORCHIA	Italy	Patriots	For
Paolo INSELVINI	Italy	ECR	For
Pascal ARIMONT	Belgium	EPP	For
Pascale PIERA	France	Patriots	Abstained
Pasquale TRIDICO	Italy	The Left	Abstained
Patryk JAKI	Poland	ECR	For
Paulius SAUDARGAS	Lithuania	EPP	For
Paulo CUNHA	Portugal	EPP	For
Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL	Portugal	EPP	For
Pekka TOVERI	Finland	EPP	For
Per CLAUSEN	Denmark	The Left	For
Petar VOLGIN	Bulgaria	ESN	Abstained
Peter LIESE	Germany	EPP	For
Petra STEGER	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	Abstained
Pierre JOUVET	France	S&D	For
Pierre PIMPIE	France	Patriots	Abstained
Pierre-Romain THIONNET	France	Patriots	Abstained
Pietro FIOCCHI	Italy	ECR	For
Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA	Spain	EPP	For
Pina PICIERNO	Italy	S&D	For
Piotr MÜLLER	Poland	ECR	For
Rachel BLOM	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Rada LAYKOVA	Bulgaria	ESN	Abstained
Raffaele STANCANELLI	Italy	Patriots	For
Raffaele TOPO	Italy	S&D	For
Ralf SEEKATZ	Germany	EPP	For
Raphaël GLUCKSMANN	France	S&D	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
Regina DOHERTY	Ireland	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	Abstained
Robert BIEDROŃ	Poland	S&D	For
Roberto VANNACCI	Italy	Patriots	For
Roberts ZĪLE	Latvia	ECR	For
Rody TOLASSY	France	Patriots	Abstained
Roman HAIDER	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
Ruggero RAZZA	Italy	ECR	For
Ruth FIRMENICH	Germany	No group	Against
Sabine VERHEYEN	Germany	EPP	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 GOZI	France	Renew	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	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Sebastião BUGALHO	Portugal	EPP	For
Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA	Romania	ECR	For
Sergey LAGODINSKY	Germany	Greens	For
Sergio BERLATO	Italy	ECR	For
Sérgio GONÇALVES	Portugal	S&D	For
Sérgio HUMBERTO	Portugal	EPP	For
Séverine WERBROUCK	France	Patriots	Abstained
Sibylle BERG	Germany	No group	For
Siegbert Frank DROESE	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Siegfried MUREŞAN	Romania	EPP	For
Sigrid FRIIS	Denmark	Renew	For
Silvia SARDONE	Italy	Patriots	For
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN	Finland	EPP	For
Sophia KIRCHER	Austria	EPP	For
Stanislav STOYANOV	Bulgaria	ESN	Abstained
Stanisław TYSZKA	Poland	ESN	Abstained
Stefan BERGER	Germany	EPP	For
Stefan KÖHLER	Germany	EPP	For
Ştefan MUŞOIU	Romania	S&D	For
Stefano BONACCINI	Italy	S&D	For
Stefano CAVEDAGNA	Italy	ECR	For
Stéphanie YON-COURTIN	France	Renew	For
Stephen Nikola BARTULICA	Croatia	ECR	For
Stine BOSSE	Denmark	Renew	For
Sunčana GLAVAK	Croatia	EPP	For
Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ	Spain	EPP	For
Sven MIKSER	Estonia	S&D	For
Sven SIMON	Germany	EPP	For
Svenja HAHN	Germany	Renew	For
Taner KABILOV	Bulgaria	No group	For
Terry REINTKE	Germany	Greens	For
Thierry MARIANI	France	Patriots	Abstained
Thijs REUTEN	Netherlands	S&D	For
Thomas BAJADA	Malta	S&D	For
Thomas GEISEL	Germany	No group	Against
Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN	France	S&D	For
Thomas WAITZ	Austria	Greens	For
Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ	Portugal	Patriots	For
Tilly METZ	Luxembourg	Greens	For
Tineke STRIK	Netherlands	Greens	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	Poland	Patriots	For
Tomasz FROELICH	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Tomislav SOKOL	Croatia	EPP	For
Ton DIEPEVEEN	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	Abstained
Valérie DELOGE	France	Patriots	Abstained
Valérie DEVAUX	France	Renew	For
Valérie HAYER	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
Vicent MARZÀ IBÁÑEZ	Spain	Greens	For
Vilis KRIŠTOPANS	Latvia	Patriots	For
Ville NIINISTÖ	Finland	Greens	For
Virgil-Daniel POPESCU	Romania	EPP	For
Virginie JORON	France	Patriots	Abstained
Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS	Lithuania	Greens	For
Vivien COSTANZO	Germany	S&D	For
Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU	Romania	Renew	For
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS	Lithuania	S&D	For
Waldemar BUDA	Poland	ECR	For
Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI	Lithuania	ECR	For
Wouter BEKE	Belgium	EPP	For
Yannis MANIATIS	Greece	S&D	For
Younous OMARJEE	France	The Left	Abstained
Zala ČERNILEC TOMAŠIČ	Slovenia	EPP	For
Željana ZOVKO	Croatia	EPP	For
Zsuzsanna BORVENDÉG	Hungary	ESN	Abstained

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
Sabine VERHEYEN Germany	EPP	Speeches1	22 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Christel SCHALDEMOSE Denmark	S&D	Speeches2	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Engin EROGLU Germany	Renew	Speeches1	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Markéta GREGOROVÁ Czechia	Greens	Speeches1	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Bert-Jan RUISSEN Netherlands	ECR	Speeches1	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Miriam LEXMANN Slovakia	EPP	Speeches1	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For

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Debate speakers, continued
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Marta TEMIDO Portugal	S&D	Speeches1	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Reinhold LOPATKA Austria	EPP	Speeches1	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Sakis ARNAOUTOGLOU Greece	S&D	Speeches1	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Mariusz KAMIŃSKI Poland	ECR	Speeches1	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Roxana MÎNZATU Romania	S&D	Speeches1	21 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	Not in office

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-B10-0068/2026 – Motion for a resolution	Roll call	503 for, 9 against, 100 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Renew
2	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0068/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
3	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0082/2026	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 B10-0068/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
3	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0082/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
4	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0084/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
5	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0085/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
6	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0086/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed

Roll call requested by Renew.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2026-0082

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

Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the conviction of Jimmy Lai, a British citizen and media entrepreneur in Hong Kong, and calling for his immediate release.

The text also urges Hong Kong authorities to provide Lai with medical care and expresses concern about his solitary confinement.

Parliament calls on member states to suspend extradition treaties with Hong Kong and China and to review the status of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices in Europe.

The resolution will be forwarded to the EU institutions, China, and Hong Kong.

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

This resolution condemns the conviction of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong and calls for his immediate release, medical care, and the release of all detained journalists and writers.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/2573(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 22 January 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

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Tabled for plenary (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 22 January 2026 (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 18 connections: Running issue: Hong Kong · Running issue: Hong Kong National Security Law · Running issue: China human rights · Running issue: Detention of EU citizens abroad

Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/4?members=all
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong”. Decision, 22 January 2026. votingId 184067, document B-10-2026-0082, reference 2026/2573(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/4?members=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-01-22/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-01-22-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/4?members=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/4?members=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 184067, document B-10-2026-0082, reference 2026/2573(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}