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Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic values

Effect
Adopted
Result
434 for · 128 against · 104 abstained roll call
Date
16 June 2026, 13:46–13:48
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0142
Dossier
2025/2179(INI)
Source
Committee report by Hannah Neumann
Topics
Foreign affairsJustice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
16 votes · 3 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
Members (1 roll call, 6 split votes, 1 separate vote)
Sitting
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Final vote
193913
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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.

Final vote: 434 for, 128 against, 104 abstained (roll call).

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 13 parts of the text voted on separately (10 adopted, 3 rejected).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by Patriots and ESN; The Left and ECR 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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 13Against 0Abst. 31No vote 1 of 45Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.56
GreensFor 46Against 0Abst. 2No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 126Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 68Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 169Against 0Abst. 1No vote 15 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 8Against 11Abst. 58No vote 4 of 81Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.63
PatriotsFor 0Against 73Abst. 6No vote 6 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.89
ESNFor 0Against 25Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 4Against 19Abst. 6No vote 1 of 30Majority 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, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 41

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.

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).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria125030.56
Belgium133510.43
Bulgaria123110.63
Cyprus3030—
Czechia104610.25
Germany6820350.62
Denmark132000.80
Estonia5101—
Spain415950.62
Finland131010.89
France3434850.17
Greece125310.40
Croatia91020.85
Hungary810030.33
Ireland110120.88
Italy3283150.18
Lithuania71210.55
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia5130—
Malta5001—
Netherlands216220.59
Poland2781530.31
Portugal162210.70
Romania201750.57
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia5013—
Slovakia67110.25

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.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches116 Jun 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Hannah NEUMANN GermanyGreensSpeeches116 Jun 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 16

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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Alternative motion for a resolution Show of hands Rejected
2Amendment 2 to paragraph 7 A10-0142/2026 – Hannah Neumann – § 7 – Am 2 Roll call201 for, 462 against, 7 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
3Paragraph 25 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and psychosocial support’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
Show the other 15 votesShow the other 13 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 2 to paragraph 7 A10-0142/2026 – Hannah Neumann – § 7 – Am 2 Roll call201 for, 462 against, 7 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Members
3Paragraph 25 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and psychosocial support’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Paragraph 25 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted345 for, 288 against, 36 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
5Paragraph 26 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘serious psychological, social and security’, ‘calls on the Member States to recognise psychosocial harm as an integral feature of TNR and to ensure access to multilingual, and trauma-informed mental health support;’ and ‘and psychological burden’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
6Paragraph 26 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted331 for, 305 against, 34 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
7Paragraph 38 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘Recalls the report by its PEGA Committee (Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware), which contained recommendations on combating the illegal use of spyware, in particular intrusive spyware; laments that the Commission, to this date, has not taken the recommendations on board, even though issues prevail; calls, in that context, on Member States and the Commission to implement the recommendations of Parliament’s PEGA Committee,’Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
8Paragraph 38 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “and to strengthen safeguards against spyware proliferation and abuse, and counter deficiencies in national legislation through better enforcement of EU legislation such as the Anti-Money Laundering Directive, procurement rules, and the Dual-Use Regulation; calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure strict oversight of spyware markets and effective accountability mechanisms and the criminalisation of unlawful data collection carried out on behalf of foreign states in violation of EU law;”Counted386 for, 254 against, 30 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
9Separate vote on paragraph 41 A10-0142/2026 – Hannah Neumann – § 41 Roll call336 for, 288 against, 43 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Members; separate: Members
10Paragraph 45 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘mandatory’ and ‘automatic suspension and independent judicial review of all international cooperation requests – including extradition, Interpol notices, mutual legal assistance and law-enforcement data sharing’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
11Paragraph 45 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted305 for, 356 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
12Paragraph 60 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘to update guidance for asylum and migration authorities’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
13Paragraph 60 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted295 for, 364 against, 11 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
14Paragraph 61 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘to prevent, identify, mitigate and remedy TNR-related harms across value chains;’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
15Paragraph 61 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted300 for, 354 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
16Final vote — text as a whole A10-0142/2026 – Hannah Neumann – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call434 for, 128 against, 104 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Members · split votes by Members (6) · separate votes by Members.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0142

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Parliament adopted a resolution calling for an EU strategy to counter transnational repression, where foreign states target people in the EU to silence or harm them.

The text urges coordinated EU action to protect victims, close legal gaps, and hold perpetrators accountable, including through sanctions.

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This resolution on countering transnational repression (TNR) defines it, condemns it, and calls for a common EU definition, better data collection, victim support, and measures against digital, financial, and legal abuse.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2179(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 16 June 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 9 October 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 5 May 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 12 May 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 June 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: AFET · Author: Hannah NEUMANN (Greens)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 26 connections: Running issue: Transnational repression · Running issue: EU fundamental rights · Other decisions of the part-session on AFET dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Transnational repression

Running issue: EU fundamental rights

Other decisions of the part-session on AFET dossiers

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Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-16/10
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic values”. Decision, 16 June 2026. votingId 193913, document A-10-2026-0142, reference 2025/2179(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-16/10 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 16 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-16-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 16 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-06-16/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-06-16-10,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic values}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-06-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-16/10}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-16/10},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 193913, document A-10-2026-0142, reference 2025/2179(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-16-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
}