Decision

Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime

Effect: Adopted
Result: 438 for · 37 against · 81 abstained roll call
Date: 12 March 2026, 12:05
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Motion B-10-2026-0168
Dossier: 2026/2643(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 13 votes · 3 roll calls · 2 amendments
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 12 March 2026
Final vote: 189151

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Motion B-10-2026-0168
Dossier: 2026/2643(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 13 votes · 3 roll calls · 2 amendments
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 12 March 2026
Final vote: 189151

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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 a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

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

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by ESN; Patriots 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 19	Against 0	Abst. 16	No vote 11 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.31
Greens	For 45	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 108	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 27 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 59	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 17 of 76	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 144	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 40 of 184	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 52	Against 1	Abst. 8	No vote 20 of 81	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.78
Patriots	For 7	Against 1	Abst. 48	No vote 28 of 84	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.79
ESN	For 0	Against 18	Abst. 5	No vote 5 of 28	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.67
No group	For 4	Against 17	Abst. 4	No vote 6 of 31	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, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 22

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 voted against, 8 abstained of 61 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Cristian TERHEŞ Romania
Abstained (8)
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
- Georgiana TEODORESCU Romania
- Guillaume PELTIER France
- Laurence TROCHU France
- Marion MARÉCHAL France
- Nicolas BAY France
- Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA Romania
Patriots line Abstained · 8 voted for or against of 56 who voted
Voted for or against (8)
- Jana NAGYOVÁ Czechia
- Jaroslav BŽOCH Czechia
- Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ Czechia
- Klara DOSTALOVA Czechia
- Ondřej KNOTEK Czechia
- Thierry MARIANI France
- Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ Portugal
- Tomáš KUBÍN Czechia
ESN line Against · 5 abstained of 23 who voted
Abstained (5)
- Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK Poland
- Marcin SYPNIEWSKI Poland
- Petras GRAŽULIS Lithuania
- Stanisław TYSZKA Poland
- Volker SCHNURRBUSCH Germany

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	11	0	4	7	0.60
Bulgaria	8	2	0	7	0.70
Cyprus	3	0	2	1	—
Czechia	16	3	1	1	0.70
Germany	62	16	4	13	0.63
Denmark	13	0	0	2	1.00
Estonia	6	0	0	1	—
Spain	34	0	6	20	0.78
Finland	14	0	0	1	1.00
France	31	1	21	28	0.38
Greece	9	2	7	3	0.25
Croatia	10	0	0	2	1.00
Hungary	0	1	0	20	—
Ireland	12	0	0	2	1.00
Italy	40	1	15	20	0.57
Lithuania	10	0	1	0	0.86
Luxembourg	5	1	0	0	—
Latvia	7	0	1	1	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	25	0	5	1	0.75
Poland	40	1	5	7	0.80
Portugal	18	0	1	2	0.92
Romania	20	1	2	10	0.80
Sweden	15	0	0	6	1.00
Slovenia	6	0	0	3	—
Slovakia	5	8	0	2	0.42

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.

556 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
Adina VĂLEAN	Romania	EPP	For
Adnan DIBRANI	Sweden	S&D	For
Adrian-George AXINIA	Romania	ECR	For
Afroditi LATINOPOULOU	Greece	Patriots	Abstained
Alberico GAMBINO	Italy	ECR	For
Aldo PATRICIELLO	Italy	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	Against
Alexander SELL	Germany	ESN	Against
Alexandr VONDRA	Czechia	ECR	For
Alexandra GEESE	Germany	Greens	For
Alexandre VARAUT	France	Patriots	Abstained
Alice KUHNKE	Sweden	Greens	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
Andi CRISTEA	Romania	S&D	For
André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES	Portugal	S&D	For
André ROUGÉ	France	Patriots	Abstained
Andrea WECHSLER	Germany	EPP	For
Andreas SCHIEDER	Austria	S&D	For
Andreas SCHWAB	Germany	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 HAZEKAMP	Netherlands	The Left	For
Anna BRYŁKA	Poland	Patriots	Abstained
Anna CAVAZZINI	Germany	Greens	For
Anna Maria CISINT	Italy	Patriots	Abstained
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
Anouk VAN BRUG	Netherlands	Renew	For
Anthony SMITH	France	The Left	For
Antonín STANĚK	Czechia	Patriots	Abstained
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE	Spain	EPP	For
António TÂNGER CORRÊA	Portugal	Patriots	Abstained
Arba KOKALARI	Sweden	EPP	For
Arkadiusz MULARCZYK	Poland	ECR	For
Asger CHRISTENSEN	Denmark	Renew	For
Auke ZIJLSTRA	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Aura SALLA	Finland	EPP	For
Aurelijus VERYGA	Lithuania	ECR	For
Aurore LALUCQ	France	S&D	For
Axel VOSS	Germany	EPP	For
Barbara BONTE	Belgium	Patriots	Abstained
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
Brando BENIFEI	Italy	S&D	For
Branislav ONDRUŠ	Slovakia	No group	Against
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
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
Christian EHLER	Germany	EPP	For
Christine ANDERSON	Germany	ESN	Against
Christine SCHNEIDER	Germany	EPP	For
Christophe BAY	France	Patriots	Abstained
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
Cristian TERHEŞ voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Romania	ECR	Against
Cristina GUARDA	Italy	Greens	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 ATTARD	Malta	S&D	For
Daniel BUDA	Romania	EPP	For
Daniel FREUND	Germany	Greens	For
Daniel OBAJTEK	Poland	ECR	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 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
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI	Poland	ECR	For
Eero HEINÄLUOMA	Finland	S&D	For
Elena KOUNTOURA	Greece	The Left	Abstained
Elena NEVADO DEL CAMPO	Spain	EPP	For
Elena SANCHO MURILLO	Spain	S&D	For
Eleonora MELETI	Greece	EPP	For
Elio DI RUPO	Belgium	S&D	For
Elisabeth DIERINGER	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
Emma WIESNER	Sweden	Renew	For
Emmanouil FRAGKOS voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Greece	ECR	Abstained
Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS	Greece	EPP	For
Engin EROGLU	Germany	Renew	For
Eric SARGIACOMO	France	S&D	For
Erik KALIŇÁK	Slovakia	No group	Against
Erik MARQUARDT	Germany	Greens	For
Estrella GALÁN	Spain	The Left	Abstained
Evin INCIR	Sweden	S&D	For
Ewa KOPACZ	Poland	EPP	For
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK voted otherwise than their group's clear line	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	Against
Fernando NAVARRETE ROJAS	Spain	EPP	For
Fidias PANAYIOTOU	Cyprus	No group	Abstained
Flavio TOSI	Italy	EPP	For
Francesco TORSELLI	Italy	ECR	For
Francesco VENTOLA	Italy	ECR	For
Francisco ASSIS	Portugal	S&D	For
Francisco José MILLÁN MON	Spain	EPP	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
Georgia TRAMACERE	Italy	S&D	For
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
Gerolf ANNEMANS	Belgium	Patriots	Abstained
Gheorghe FALCĂ	Romania	EPP	For
Gheorghe PIPEREA	Romania	ECR	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
Grzegorz BRAUN	Poland	No group	Against
Guillaume PELTIER voted otherwise than their group's clear line	France	ECR	Abstained
Günther SIDL	Austria	S&D	For
Hannah NEUMANN	Germany	Greens	For
Hannes HEIDE	Austria	S&D	For
Hans NEUHOFF	Germany	ESN	Against
Harald VILIMSKY	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Hélder SOUSA SILVA	Portugal	EPP	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
Ilaria SALIS	Italy	The Left	For
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	Against
Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA	Spain	EPP	For
Isabel WISELER-LIMA	Luxembourg	EPP	For
Isabella LÖVIN	Sweden	Greens	For
Isabella TOVAGLIERI	Italy	Patriots	Abstained
Isabelle LE CALLENNEC	France	EPP	For
Isilda GOMES	Portugal	S&D	For
Ivan DAVID	Czechia	ESN	Against
Ivars IJABS	Latvia	Renew	For
Ivaylo VALCHEV	Bulgaria	ECR	For
Jaak MADISON	Estonia	ECR	For
Jacek OZDOBA	Poland	ECR	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 voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Czechia	Patriots	For
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI	Poland	EPP	For
Jaroslav BŽOCH voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Czechia	Patriots	For
Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Czechia	Patriots	For
Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ	Spain	Greens	For
Javi LÓPEZ	Spain	S&D	For
Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ	Spain	S&D	For
Javier ZARZALEJOS	Spain	EPP	For
Jean-Marc GERMAIN	France	S&D	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	ECR	For
Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI	Poland	ECR	For
Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS	Poland	S&D	For
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO	Portugal	Renew	For
Johan DANIELSSON	Sweden	S&D	For
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT	Belgium	ECR	For
Jonás FERNÁNDEZ	Spain	S&D	For
Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA	Spain	Patriots	Abstained
José CEPEDA	Spain	S&D	For
Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL	Spain	Patriots	Abstained
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR	Spain	S&D	For
Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ	Spain	EPP	For
Judita LAŠŠÁKOVÁ	Slovakia	No group	Against
Julien LEONARDELLI	France	Patriots	Abstained
Julien SANCHEZ	France	Patriots	Abstained
Jüri RATAS	Estonia	EPP	For
Jussi SARAMO	Finland	The Left	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	Against
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
Klara DOSTALOVA voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Czechia	Patriots	For
Konstantinos ARVANITIS	Greece	The Left	Abstained
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI	Poland	ECR	For
Kostas PAPADAKIS	Greece	No group	Against
Kristian VIGENIN	Bulgaria	S&D	For
Krzysztof BREJZA	Poland	EPP	For
Krzysztof HETMAN	Poland	EPP	For
Krzysztof ŚMISZEK	Poland	S&D	For
Lara WOLTERS	Netherlands	S&D	For
Laurence TROCHU voted otherwise than their group's clear line	France	ECR	Abstained
Laurent CASTILLO	France	Patriots	Abstained
Lefteris NIKOLAOU-ALAVANOS	Greece	No group	Against
Leila CHAIBI	France	The Left	For
Leire PAJÍN	Spain	S&D	For
Lena SCHILLING	Austria	Greens	For
Leoluca ORLANDO	Italy	Greens	For
Li ANDERSSON	Finland	The Left	For
Lídia PEREIRA	Portugal	EPP	For
Liesbet SOMMEN	Belgium	EPP	For
Liudas MAŽYLIS	Lithuania	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
Lukas SIEPER	Germany	No group	For
Łukasz KOHUT	Poland	EPP	For
Luke Ming FLANAGAN	Ireland	The Left	For
Lynn BOYLAN	Ireland	The Left	For
Magdalena ADAMOWICZ	Poland	EPP	For
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA	Poland	ECR	For
Malik AZMANI	Netherlands	Renew	For
Malika SOREL	France	No group	For
Manfred WEBER	Germany	EPP	For
Manuela RIPA	Germany	EPP	For
Marc ANGEL	Luxembourg	S&D	For
Marc JONGEN	Germany	ESN	Against
Marcin SYPNIEWSKI voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Poland	ESN	Abstained
Marco FALCONE	Italy	EPP	For
Marco TARQUINIO	Italy	S&D	For
Marcos ROS SEMPERE	Spain	S&D	For
Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN	Spain	Patriots	Abstained
Maria GRAPINI	Romania	S&D	For
Maria GUZENINA	Finland	S&D	For
Maria NOICHL	Germany	S&D	For
Maria OHISALO	Finland	Greens	For
Maria ZACHARIA	Greece	No group	Abstained
Marianne VIND	Denmark	S&D	For
Mariateresa VIVALDINI	Italy	ECR	For
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	For
Mario FURORE	Italy	The Left	Abstained
Marion MARÉCHAL voted otherwise than their group's clear line	France	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
Marko VEŠLIGAJ	Croatia	S&D	For
Markus BUCHHEIT	Germany	ESN	Against
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
Martin SCHIRDEWAN	Germany	The Left	For
Martine KEMP	Luxembourg	EPP	For
Mārtiņš STAĶIS	Latvia	Greens	For
Matej TONIN	Slovenia	EPP	For
Mathilde ANDROUËT	France	Patriots	Abstained
Matthias ECKE	Germany	S&D	For
Merja KYLLÖNEN	Finland	The Left	For
Michael BLOSS	Germany	Greens	For
Michael MCNAMARA	Ireland	Renew	For
Michael VON DER SCHULENBURG	Germany	No group	Against
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	For
Mieke ANDRIESE	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Mihai TUDOSE	Romania	S&D	For
Mika AALTOLA	Finland	EPP	For
Milan MAZUREK	Slovakia	ESN	Against
Milan UHRÍK	Slovakia	ESN	Against
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA	Romania	EPP	For
Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN	Spain	Patriots	Abstained
Miriam LEXMANN	Slovakia	EPP	For
Mirosława NYKIEL	Poland	EPP	For
Mohammed CHAHIM	Netherlands	S&D	For
Monika BEŇOVÁ	Slovakia	No group	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
Nathalie LOISEAU	France	Renew	For
Nela RIEHL	Germany	Greens	For
Niclas HERBST	Germany	EPP	For
Nicolas BAY voted otherwise than their group's clear line	France	ECR	Abstained
Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES	Spain	S&D	For
Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE	Spain	EPP	For
Niels Flemming HANSEN	Denmark	EPP	For
Niels FUGLSANG	Denmark	S&D	For
Niels GEUKING	Germany	EPP	For
Nikola BARTŮŠEK	Czechia	No group	For
Nikola MINCHEV	Bulgaria	Renew	For
Nikolaos ANADIOTIS	Greece	No group	Abstained
Nikos PAPPAS	Greece	The Left	For
Nils UŠAKOVS	Latvia	S&D	For
Nina CARBERRY	Ireland	EPP	For
Nora JUNCO GARCÍA	Spain	ECR	For
Nora MEBAREK	France	S&D	For
Norbert LINS	Germany	EPP	For
Oliver SCHENK	Germany	EPP	For
Ondřej DOSTÁL	Czechia	No group	Against
Ondřej KNOTEK voted otherwise than their group's clear line	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	Abstained
Pär HOLMGREN	Sweden	Greens	For
Pascal ARIMONT	Belgium	EPP	For
Pasquale TRIDICO	Italy	The Left	Abstained
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
Petar VOLGIN	Bulgaria	ESN	Against
Peter AGIUS	Malta	EPP	For
Peter LIESE	Germany	EPP	For
Petr BYSTRON	Germany	ESN	Against
Petra STEGER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS	Lithuania	Renew	For
Petras GRAŽULIS voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Lithuania	ESN	Abstained
Philippe OLIVIER	France	Patriots	Abstained
Pierfrancesco MARAN	Italy	S&D	For
Pierre PIMPIE	France	Patriots	Abstained
Pierre-Romain THIONNET	France	Patriots	Abstained
Pina PICIERNO	Italy	S&D	For
Rachel BLOM	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Radan KANEV	Bulgaria	EPP	For
Raffaele STANCANELLI	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
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	Against
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	Italy	ESN	Against
Roman HAIDER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Romana JERKOVIĆ	Croatia	S&D	For
Romana TOMC	Slovenia	EPP	For
Rosa SERRANO SIERRA	Spain	S&D	For
Rudi KENNES	Belgium	The Left	Abstained
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
Sander SMIT	Netherlands	ECR	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
Saskia BRICMONT	Belgium	Greens	For
Seán KELLY	Ireland	EPP	For
Sebastian EVERDING	Germany	The Left	For
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN	Finland	ECR	For
Sebastião BUGALHO	Portugal	EPP	For
Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Romania	ECR	Abstained
Sergio BERLATO	Italy	ECR	For
Sérgio GONÇALVES	Portugal	S&D	For
Sérgio HUMBERTO	Portugal	EPP	For
Sibylle BERG	Germany	No group	For
Siegbert Frank DROESE	Germany	ESN	Against
Siegfried MUREŞAN	Romania	EPP	For
Sigrid FRIIS	Denmark	Renew	For
Silvia SARDONE	Italy	Patriots	Abstained
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN	Finland	EPP	For
Sofie ERIKSSON	Sweden	S&D	For
Sophia KIRCHER	Austria	EPP	For
Stanislav STOYANOV	Bulgaria	ESN	Against
Stanisław TYSZKA voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Poland	ESN	Abstained
Stefan BERGER	Germany	EPP	For
Stefan KÖHLER	Germany	EPP	For
Stefano BONACCINI	Italy	S&D	For
Stefano CAVEDAGNA	Italy	ECR	For
Stine BOSSE	Denmark	Renew	For
Sunčana GLAVAK	Croatia	EPP	For
Susanna CECCARDI	Italy	Patriots	Abstained
Sven MIKSER	Estonia	S&D	For
Sven SIMON	Germany	EPP	For
Svenja HAHN	Germany	Renew	For
Terry REINTKE	Germany	Greens	For
Thierry MARIANI voted otherwise than their group's clear line	France	Patriots	Against
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 voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Portugal	Patriots	For
Tiemo WÖLKEN	Germany	S&D	For
Tilly METZ	Luxembourg	Greens	For
Tineke STRIK	Netherlands	Greens	For
Tobias CREMER	Germany	S&D	For
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE	Belgium	Patriots	Abstained
Tomáš KUBÍN voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Czechia	Patriots	For
Tomas TOBÉ	Sweden	EPP	For
Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ	Czechia	EPP	For
Tomasz BUCZEK	Poland	Patriots	Abstained
Tomasz FROELICH	Germany	ESN	Against
Tomislav SOKOL	Croatia	EPP	For
Ton DIEPEVEEN	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Tonino PICULA	Croatia	S&D	For
Tsvetelina PENKOVA	Bulgaria	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 VRECIONOVÁ	Czechia	ECR	For
Vicent MARZÀ IBÁÑEZ	Spain	Greens	For
Victor NEGRESCU	Romania	S&D	For
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ	Lithuania	S&D	For
Vilis KRIŠTOPANS	Latvia	Patriots	Abstained
Villy SØVNDAL	Denmark	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 voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS	Lithuania	S&D	For
Waldemar BUDA	Poland	ECR	For
Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI	Lithuania	ECR	For
Willemien KONING	Netherlands	EPP	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	Hungary	ESN	Against

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	Speeches1	12 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Younous OMARJEE France	The Left	Speeches2	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Urmas PAET Estonia	Renew	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Tomasz FROELICH Germany	ESN	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	Against
Lukas MANDL Austria	EPP	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Nathalie LOISEAU France	Renew	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For

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Debate speakers, continued
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Markéta GREGOROVÁ Czechia	Greens	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Thierry MARIANI France	Patriots	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	Against
Cristian TERHEŞ Romania	ECR	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	Against
Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR Spain	S&D	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Miriam LEXMANN Slovakia	EPP	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN Finland	ECR	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Dainius ŽALIMAS Lithuania	Renew	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA Poland	ECR	Speeches1	11 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For

All votes on this decision, 13

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 2 RC-B10-0158/2026 – After § 2 – Am 1	Roll call	273 for, 199 against, 81 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ECR
2	Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 RC-B10-0158/2026 – After § 3 – Am 2	Roll call	277 for, 244 against, 31 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ECR
3	Separate vote on paragraph 6	Show of hands	Rejected

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 RC-B10-0158/2026 – After § 3 – Am 2	Roll call	277 for, 244 against, 31 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ECR
3	Separate vote on paragraph 6	Show of hands	Rejected

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
4	Separate vote on paragraph 7	Show of hands	Rejected
5	Vote on text inserted after recital A	Show of hands	Rejected
6	Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0158/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	438 for, 37 against, 81 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Renew
7	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0158/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
8	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0161/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
9	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0162/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
10	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0164/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
11	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0168/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
12	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0171/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
13	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0174/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed

Roll calls requested by Renew, ECR.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2026-0168

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Parliament adopted a resolution on Elene Khoshtaria, Chair of the pro-European party Droa, and other political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime.

It condemns politically motivated detention of Khoshtaria and others, calling for their immediate and unconditional release.

It demands an independent investigation into ill-treatment and abuse of national security legislation, and urges an end to pre-trial detention as political repression.

It asks the Commission and Council to make persecution a benchmark in EU-Georgia relations and consider targeted measures against responsible officials.

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This resolution condemns the politically motivated detention of Elene Khoshtaria and other political prisoners in Georgia, and calls for their immediate release.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/2643(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 12 March 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

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Tabled for plenary (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 12 March 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 12 connections: Running issue: EU-Georgia relations · Running issue: Georgia under Georgian Dream

Running issue: EU-Georgia relations

Issue EU-Georgia relations Running issue · Agreement 12 Mar 2026
Decision 2023 and 2024 reports on Georgia Resolution · report by Rasa Juknevičienė 9 Jul 2025 Adopted
Decision Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli Resolution · motion for a resolution 19 Jun 2025 Adopted
Decision Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Resolution · motion for a resolution 13 Feb 2025 Adopted
Decision Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud Resolution · motion for a resolution 28 Nov 2024 Adopted
Decision The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia Resolution · motion for a resolution 9 Oct 2024 Adopted

Running issue: Georgia under Georgian Dream

Issue Georgia under Georgian Dream Running issue · Country situation 17 Jun 2026
Decision 2025 Commission report on Georgia Resolution · report by Rasa Juknevičienė 17 Jun 2026 Adopted
Decision 2023 and 2024 reports on Georgia Resolution · report by Rasa Juknevičienė 9 Jul 2025 Adopted
Decision Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli Resolution · motion for a resolution 19 Jun 2025 Adopted
Decision Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Resolution · motion for a resolution 13 Feb 2025 Adopted
Decision Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud Resolution · motion for a resolution 28 Nov 2024 Adopted

Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-12/5?members=all
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 12 March 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 12 March 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-12
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime”. Decision, 12 March 2026. votingId 189151, document B-10-2026-0168, reference 2026/2643(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-12/5?members=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 12 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-12-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 12 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-12-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-12, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-03-12/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-03-12-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-12/5?members=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-12/5?members=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 189151, document B-10-2026-0168, reference 2026/2643(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-12-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-12-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-12 (CC BY 4.0)}
}