Decision

New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities

Effect: Adopted
Result: 439 for · 52 against · 71 abstained roll call
Date: 30 April 2026, 13:09
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Motion B-10-2026-0232
Dossier: 2026/2703(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Jobs, social affairs & equality Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 9 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 30 April 2026
Final vote: 192365

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Motion B-10-2026-0232
Dossier: 2026/2703(RSP)
Source: Motion for a resolution
Topics: Foreign affairs Jobs, social affairs & equality Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 9 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by: Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting: Thursday 30 April 2026
Final vote: 192365

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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 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 1 part of the text voted on separately (1 rejected). 6 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; 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 12	Against 11	Abst. 5	No vote 18 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.14
Greens	For 42	Against 1	Abst. 2	No vote 8 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.90
S&D	For 105	Against 1	Abst. 1	No vote 28 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.97
Renew	For 59	Against 6	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 77	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.86
EPP	For 123	Against 7	Abst. 2	No vote 53 of 185	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.90
ECR	For 58	Against 3	Abst. 8	No vote 12 of 81	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.76
Patriots	For 29	Against 2	Abst. 35	No vote 19 of 85	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.30
ESN	For 3	Against 6	Abst. 15	No vote 3 of 27	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.44
No group	For 8	Against 15	Abst. 3	No vote 4 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 31

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.

Greens line For · 1 voted against, 2 abstained of 45 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Mārtiņš STAĶIS Latvia
Abstained (2)
- Ana MIRANDA PAZ Spain
- Vladimir PREBILIČ Slovenia
S&D line For · 1 voted against, 1 abstained of 107 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Idoia MENDIA Spain
Abstained (1)
- Elio DI RUPO Belgium
Renew line For · 6 voted against of 65 who voted
Voted against (6)
- Elisabetta GUALMINI Italy
- Gilles BOYER France
- Laurence FARRENG France
- Lucia YAR Slovakia
- Michal WIEZIK Slovakia
- Valérie DEVAUX France
EPP line For · 7 voted against, 2 abstained of 132 who voted
Voted against (7)
- Ingeborg TER LAAK Netherlands
- Marie-Sophie CHRIST Germany
- Marta WCISŁO Poland
- Milan ZVER Slovenia
- Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE Spain
- Peter LIESE Germany
- Željana ZOVKO Croatia
Abstained (2)
- Dirk GOTINK Netherlands
- Ilia LAZAROV Bulgaria
ECR line For · 3 voted against, 8 abstained of 69 who voted
Voted against (3)
- Jacek OZDOBA Poland
- Maciej WĄSIK Poland
- Waldemar BUDA Poland
Abstained (8)
- Adrian-George AXINIA Romania
- Aurelijus VERYGA Lithuania
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
- Georgiana TEODORESCU Romania
- Laurence TROCHU France
- Marion MARÉCHAL France
- Nicolas BAY 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	11	0	6	3	0.47
Belgium	17	1	2	2	0.78
Bulgaria	5	1	3	8	—
Cyprus	1	0	0	5	—
Czechia	16	3	1	1	0.70
Germany	61	8	14	13	0.60
Denmark	13	0	1	1	0.89
Estonia	7	0	0	0	—
Spain	41	2	4	13	0.81
Finland	11	0	0	4	1.00
France	43	3	19	16	0.49
Greece	6	2	3	10	0.32
Croatia	6	1	0	5	—
Hungary	2	0	0	19	—
Ireland	13	0	0	1	1.00
Italy	50	11	1	14	0.71
Lithuania	9	0	2	0	0.73
Luxembourg	5	1	0	0	—
Latvia	2	1	1	5	—
Malta	0	0	0	6	—
Netherlands	20	1	7	3	0.57
Poland	38	7	3	5	0.69
Portugal	15	1	1	4	0.82
Romania	17	1	2	13	0.78
Sweden	18	0	0	3	1.00
Slovenia	6	1	1	1	—
Slovakia	6	7	0	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.

562 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
Adrian-George AXINIA voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Romania	ECR	Abstained
Afroditi LATINOPOULOU	Greece	Patriots	For
Alberico GAMBINO	Italy	ECR	For
Aleksandar NIKOLIC	France	Patriots	For
Alessandra MORETTI	Italy	S&D	For
Alessandro CIRIANI	Italy	ECR	For
Alessandro ZAN	Italy	S&D	For
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	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 MIRANDA PAZ voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Spain	Greens	Abstained
Ana VASCONCELOS	Portugal	Renew	For
André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES	Portugal	S&D	For
André ROUGÉ	France	Patriots	Abstained
Andreas GLÜCK	Germany	Renew	For
Andreas SCHWAB	Germany	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	Abstained
Anja ARNDT	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Anja HAZEKAMP	Netherlands	The Left	For
Anna BRYŁKA	Poland	Patriots	Abstained
Anna CAVAZZINI	Germany	Greens	For
Anna Maria CISINT	Italy	Patriots	For
Anna STROLENBERG	Netherlands	Greens	For
Anna ZALEWSKA	Poland	ECR	For
Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON	Finland	Renew	For
Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT	France	Patriots	For
Anouk VAN BRUG	Netherlands	Renew	For
Antonella SBERNA	Italy	ECR	For
Antonín STANĚK	Czechia	Patriots	Abstained
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE	Spain	EPP	For
António TÂNGER CORRÊA	Portugal	Patriots	Abstained
Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN	Ireland	S&D	For
Arba KOKALARI	Sweden	EPP	For
Arkadiusz MULARCZYK	Poland	ECR	For
Arno BAUSEMER	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Asger CHRISTENSEN	Denmark	Renew	For
Assita KANKO	Belgium	ECR	For
Auke ZIJLSTRA	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Aurelijus VERYGA voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Lithuania	ECR	Abstained
Axel VOSS	Germany	EPP	For
Barbara BONTE	Belgium	Patriots	For
Barry ANDREWS	Ireland	Renew	For
Barry COWEN	Ireland	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
Carlo CICCIOLI	Italy	ECR	For
Carlo FIDANZA	Italy	ECR	For
Carolina MORACE	Italy	The Left	Against
Catarina MARTINS	Portugal	The Left	For
Catarina VIEIRA	Netherlands	Greens	For
Catherine GRISET	France	Patriots	Abstained
Cecilia STRADA	Italy	S&D	For
Céline IMART	France	EPP	For
Charles GOERENS	Luxembourg	Renew	For
Charlie WEIMERS	Sweden	ECR	For
Chiara GEMMA	Italy	ECR	For
Chloé RIDEL	France	S&D	For
Christian DOLESCHAL	Germany	EPP	For
Christian EHLER	Germany	EPP	For
Christine ANDERSON	Germany	ESN	Abstained
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
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
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	Against
Danuše NERUDOVÁ	Czechia	EPP	For
Dario TAMBURRANO	Italy	The Left	Against
Dariusz JOŃSKI	Poland	EPP	For
David CORMAND	France	Greens	For
David MCALLISTER	Germany	EPP	For
Delara BURKHARDT	Germany	S&D	For
Denis NESCI	Italy	ECR	For
Diana IOVANOVICI ŞOŞOACĂ	Romania	No group	Against
Diana RIBA I GINER	Spain	Greens	For
Dick ERIXON	Sweden	ECR	For
Diego SOLIER	Spain	ECR	For
Dimitris TSIODRAS	Greece	EPP	For
Dirk GOTINK voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Netherlands	EPP	Abstained
Dolors MONTSERRAT	Spain	EPP	For
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI	Poland	ECR	For
Eero HEINÄLUOMA	Finland	S&D	For
Elena NEVADO DEL CAMPO	Spain	EPP	For
Elena SANCHO MURILLO	Spain	S&D	For
Elio DI RUPO voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Belgium	S&D	Abstained
Elisabeth DIERINGER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Elisabeth GROSSMANN	Austria	S&D	For
Elisabetta GUALMINI voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Italy	Renew	Against
Elsi KATAINEN	Finland	Renew	For
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA	Poland	EPP	For
Emma RAFOWICZ	France	S&D	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
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS	Spain	EPP	For
Estelle CEULEMANS	Belgium	S&D	For
Estrella GALÁN	Spain	The Left	For
Evelyn REGNER	Austria	S&D	For
Evin INCIR	Sweden	S&D	For
Ewa KOPACZ	Poland	EPP	For
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK	Poland	Patriots	Abstained
Fabienne KELLER	France	Renew	For
Fabio DE MASI	Germany	No group	For
Fabrice LEGGERI	France	Patriots	For
Fernand KARTHEISER	Luxembourg	No group	Against
Fernando NAVARRETE ROJAS	Spain	EPP	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
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	Against
Galato ALEXANDRAKI voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Greece	ECR	Abstained
Georg MAYER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Georgia TRAMACERE	Italy	S&D	For
Georgiana TEODORESCU voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Romania	ECR	Abstained
Gerald HAUSER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY	Netherlands	Renew	For
Gerolf ANNEMANS	Belgium	Patriots	For
Gheorghe FALCĂ	Romania	EPP	For
Gheorghe PIPEREA	Romania	ECR	For
Gilles BOYER voted otherwise than their group's clear line	France	Renew	Against
Gilles PENNELLE	France	Patriots	Abstained
Giorgio GORI	Italy	S&D	For
Giovanni CROSETTO	Italy	ECR	For
Giuseppe LUPO	Italy	S&D	For
Giuseppe MILAZZO	Italy	ECR	For
Giusi PRINCI	Italy	EPP	For
Gordan BOSANAC	Croatia	Greens	For
Grégory ALLIONE	France	Renew	For
Grzegorz BRAUN	Poland	No group	Against
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
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 voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Spain	S&D	Against
Ilaria SALIS	Italy	The Left	Against
Ilhan KYUCHYUK	Bulgaria	Renew	For
Ilia LAZAROV voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Bulgaria	EPP	Abstained
Ingeborg TER LAAK voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Netherlands	EPP	Against
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ	Spain	S&D	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 TOVAGLIERI	Italy	Patriots	Against
Isabelle LE CALLENNEC	France	EPP	For
Isilda GOMES	Portugal	S&D	For
Iuliu WINKLER	Romania	EPP	For
Ivan DAVID	Czechia	ESN	Against
Ivaylo VALCHEV	Bulgaria	ECR	For
Jaak MADISON	Estonia	ECR	For
Jacek OZDOBA voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Poland	ECR	Against
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 TOOM	Estonia	Renew	For
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI	Poland	EPP	For
Jaroslav BŽOCH	Czechia	Patriots	For
Jaroslav KNOT	Czechia	Patriots	For
Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ	Czechia	Patriots	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
Jean-Paul GARRAUD	France	Patriots	Abstained
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
Joachim STREIT	Germany	Renew	For
Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS	Poland	S&D	For
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO	Portugal	Renew	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	For
Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA	Spain	Patriots	For
Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS	Spain	Patriots	For
Jörgen WARBORN	Sweden	EPP	For
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR	Spain	S&D	For
Judita LAŠŠÁKOVÁ	Slovakia	No group	For
Julie RECHAGNEUX	France	Patriots	Abstained
Julien SANCHEZ	France	Patriots	Abstained
Jüri RATAS	Estonia	EPP	For
Jussi SARAMO	Finland	The Left	For
Jutta PAULUS	Germany	Greens	For
Kamila GASIUK-PIHOWICZ	Poland	EPP	For
Karin KARLSBRO	Sweden	Renew	For
Katarina BARLEY	Germany	S&D	For
Katarína ROTH NEVEĎALOVÁ	Slovakia	No group	For
Kateřina KONEČNÁ	Czechia	No group	Against
Kathleen FUNCHION	Ireland	The Left	For
Kathleen VAN BREMPT	Belgium	S&D	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
Klara DOSTALOVA	Czechia	Patriots	For
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI	Poland	ECR	For
Kostas PAPADAKIS	Greece	No group	Against
Kris VAN DIJCK	Belgium	ECR	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 voted otherwise than their group's clear line	France	Renew	Against
Laurence TROCHU voted otherwise than their group's clear line	France	ECR	Abstained
Laurent CASTILLO	France	Patriots	For
Lefteris NIKOLAOU-ALAVANOS	Greece	No group	Against
Leire PAJÍN	Spain	S&D	For
Lena DÜPONT	Germany	EPP	For
Lena SCHILLING	Austria	Greens	For
Leoluca ORLANDO	Italy	Greens	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 voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Slovakia	Renew	Against
Luděk NIEDERMAYER	Czechia	EPP	For
Ľudovít ÓDOR	Slovakia	Renew	For
Lukas MANDL	Austria	EPP	For
Lukas SIEPER	Germany	Renew	For
Łukasz KOHUT	Poland	EPP	For
Luke Ming FLANAGAN	Ireland	The Left	For
Lynn BOYLAN	Ireland	The Left	For
Maciej WĄSIK voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Poland	ECR	Against
Magdalena ADAMOWICZ	Poland	EPP	For
Majbritt BIRKHOLM	Denmark	Patriots	Abstained
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
Maravillas ABADÍA JOVER	Spain	EPP	For
Marc ANGEL	Luxembourg	S&D	For
Marc BOTENGA	Belgium	The Left	Against
Marc JONGEN	Germany	ESN	For
Marcin SYPNIEWSKI	Poland	ESN	Against
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	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	For
Marie TOUSSAINT	France	Greens	For
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN	Germany	Renew	For
Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN	France	Patriots	Abstained
Marie-Sophie CHRIST voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Germany	EPP	Against
Marieke EHLERS	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
Marina KALJURAND	Estonia	S&D	For
Mario FURORE	Italy	The Left	Against
Mario MANTOVANI	Italy	ECR	For
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 FERBER	Germany	EPP	For
Marlena MALĄG	Poland	ECR	For
Marta TEMIDO	Portugal	S&D	For
Marta WCISŁO voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Poland	EPP	Against
Martin HÄUSLING	Germany	Greens	For
Martin HOJSÍK	Slovakia	Renew	For
Martin SCHIRDEWAN	Germany	The Left	Abstained
Martin SONNEBORN	Germany	No group	Abstained
Martine KEMP	Luxembourg	EPP	For
Mārtiņš STAĶIS voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Latvia	Greens	Against
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
Matthias ECKE	Germany	S&D	For
Mélissa CAMARA	France	Greens	For
Merja KYLLÖNEN	Finland	The Left	For
Michael BLOSS	Germany	Greens	For
Michael GAHLER	Germany	EPP	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 voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Slovakia	Renew	Against
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
Milan ZVER voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Slovenia	EPP	Against
Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN	Spain	Patriots	For
Monika BEŇOVÁ	Slovakia	No group	For
Moritz KÖRNER	Germany	Renew	For
Morten LØKKEGAARD	Denmark	Renew	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 PROCACCINI	Italy	ECR	For
Nicola ZINGARETTI	Italy	S&D	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 voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Spain	EPP	Against
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 PAPANDREOU	Greece	S&D	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
Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ	Spain	Renew	For
Oliver SCHENK	Germany	EPP	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	Against
Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA	Spain	EPP	For
Paolo BORCHIA	Italy	Patriots	For
Paolo INSELVINI	Italy	ECR	For
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	Against
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	Abstained
Petar VOLGIN	Bulgaria	ESN	Abstained
Peter LIESE voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Germany	EPP	Against
Petr BYSTRON	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Petra STEGER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS	Lithuania	Renew	For
Petras GRAŽULIS	Lithuania	ESN	Abstained
Philippe OLIVIER	France	Patriots	For
Pierfrancesco MARAN	Italy	S&D	For
Pierre JOUVET	France	S&D	For
Pierre PIMPIE	France	Patriots	Abstained
Pierre-Romain THIONNET	France	Patriots	For
Pietro FIOCCHI	Italy	ECR	For
Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA	Spain	EPP	For
Pina PICIERNO	Italy	S&D	For
Rachel BLOM	Netherlands	Patriots	Abstained
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
Riho TERRAS	Estonia	EPP	For
Robert BIEDROŃ	Poland	S&D	For
Roberto VANNACCI	Italy	ESN	Abstained
Rody TOLASSY	France	Patriots	For
Roman HAIDER	Austria	Patriots	Abstained
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	For
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	ECR	For
Sandro GOZI	France	Renew	For
Sara MATTHIEU	Belgium	Greens	For
Sarah KNAFO	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	Against
Siegbert Frank DROESE	Germany	ESN	For
Siegfried MUREŞAN	Romania	EPP	For
Sigrid FRIIS	Denmark	Renew	For
Silvia SARDONE	Italy	Patriots	Against
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN	Finland	EPP	For
Sofie ERIKSSON	Sweden	S&D	For
Sophie WILMÈS	Belgium	Renew	For
Stanislav STOYANOV	Bulgaria	ESN	Abstained
Stanisław TYSZKA	Poland	ESN	Against
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
Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ	Spain	EPP	For
Susanna CECCARDI	Italy	Patriots	For
Sven MIKSER	Estonia	S&D	For
Svenja HAHN	Germany	Renew	For
Taner KABILOV	Bulgaria	No group	Against
Terry REINTKE	Germany	Greens	For
Thierry MARIANI	France	Patriots	Abstained
Thijs REUTEN	Netherlands	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
Tobias CREMER	Germany	S&D	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	Abstained
Tomasz FROELICH	Germany	ESN	Against
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	Against
Valérie DELOGE	France	Patriots	Abstained
Valérie DEVAUX voted otherwise than their group's clear line	France	Renew	Against
Valérie HAYER	France	Renew	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
Victor NEGRESCU	Romania	S&D	For
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ	Lithuania	S&D	For
Vilis KRIŠTOPANS	Latvia	Patriots	Abstained
Ville NIINISTÖ	Finland	Greens	For
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
Vladimir PREBILIČ voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Slovenia	Greens	Abstained
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH	Germany	ESN	Abstained
Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS	Lithuania	S&D	For
Waldemar BUDA voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Poland	ECR	Against
Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI	Lithuania	ECR	For
Willemien KONING	Netherlands	EPP	For
Wouter BEKE	Belgium	EPP	For
Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE	Belgium	Renew	For
Željana ZOVKO voted otherwise than their group's clear line	Croatia	EPP	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
Christel SCHALDEMOSE Denmark	S&D	Speeches1	30 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Younous OMARJEE France	The Left	Speeches2	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Marc BOTENGA Belgium	The Left	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	Against
Lukas MANDL Austria	EPP	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Engin EROGLU Germany	Renew	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For
Hannes HEIDE Austria	S&D	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For

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Debate speakers, continued
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Jonas SJÖSTEDT Sweden	The Left	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Dainius ŽALIMAS Lithuania	Renew	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Danuše NERUDOVÁ Czechia	EPP	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Ondřej DOSTÁL Czechia	No group	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	Against
Mariusz KAMIŃSKI Poland	ECR	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Catarina VIEIRA Netherlands	Greens	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	For
Francisco ASSIS Portugal	S&D	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group	For

All votes on this decision, 9

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 2	Show of hands	Rejected
2	Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 RC-B10-0216/2026 – § 4 – Am 1	Roll call	104 for, 377 against, 86 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Renew
3	Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0216/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	439 for, 52 against, 71 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Renew

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 RC-B10-0216/2026 – § 4 – Am 1	Roll call	104 for, 377 against, 86 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Renew
3	Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0216/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	439 for, 52 against, 71 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Renew

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
4	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0214/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
5	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0216/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
6	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0223/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
7	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0232/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
8	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0233/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed
9	Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0234/2026	Show of hands	Lapsed

Roll call requested by Renew.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2026-0232

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Parliament adopted a resolution on China's new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which it says risks legitimising forced assimilation under the guise of national unity and security.

The text condemns forced Sinicisation, restrictions on minority languages, interference in cultural and religious life, and all forms of forced labour, urging China to repeal or amend the law.

Parliament calls on the EU's diplomatic service and member states to raise these concerns in the next EU-China Human Rights Dialogue.

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This resolution expresses grave concern over China's new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, warning it risks legitimising forced assimilation and violates China's constitution and international obligations.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/2703(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 30 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

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Tabled for plenary (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 30 April 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 6 connections: Running issue: China human rights

Running issue: China human rights

Issue China human rights Running issue · Country situation 30 Apr 2026
Decision Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong Resolution · motion for a resolution 22 Jan 2026 Adopted
Decision 10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China Resolution · motion for a resolution 9 Oct 2025 Adopted
Decision Violations of religious freedom in Tibet Resolution · motion for a resolution 8 May 2025 Adopted
Decision Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees Resolution · motion for a resolution 13 Mar 2025 Adopted
Decision The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas Resolution · motion for a resolution 10 Oct 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/2026-04-30/3?members=all
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 30 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 30 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-30
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities”. Decision, 30 April 2026. votingId 192365, document B-10-2026-0232, reference 2026/2703(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-30/3?members=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 30 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-30-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 30 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-30-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-30, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-30/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-30-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-30},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-30/3?members=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-30/3?members=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192365, document B-10-2026-0232, reference 2026/2703(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-30-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-30-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-30 (CC BY 4.0)}
}