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Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro

Effect
Adopted
Result
374 for · 198 against · 19 abstained roll call
Date
17 September 2026, 13:12–13:13
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0400
Dossier
2026/2874(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
16 votes · 3 roll calls · 2 amendments
Requested by
EPP (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 17 September 2026
Final vote
197242
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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: 374 for, 198 against, 19 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 amendments (2 rejected) and 6 parts of the text voted on separately (6 rejected). 7 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Backed by Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left, Greens and S&D.

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 0Against 35Abst. 0No vote 9 of 44Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 0Against 44Abst. 2No vote 7 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
S&DFor 4Against 105Abst. 2No vote 24 of 135Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.92
RenewFor 65Against 0Abst. 1No vote 12 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 155Against 0Abst. 0No vote 29 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 71Against 0Abst. 2No vote 11 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 60Against 0Abst. 1No vote 23 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 16Against 1Abst. 6No vote 4 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.54
No groupFor 3Against 13Abst. 5No vote 7 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 19

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
Austria137000.47
Belgium108040.33
Bulgaria103130.57
Cyprus3003—
Czechia121170.79
Germany45324140.33
Denmark93120.54
Estonia4021—
Spain3023160.33
Finland56040.32
France48220110.53
Greece262110.40
Croatia74010.45
Hungary52112—
Ireland4307—
Italy37280110.35
Lithuania73100.45
Luxembourg3210—
Latvia5202—
Malta2202—
Netherlands189040.50
Poland453140.88
Portugal118020.37
Romania1551120.57
Sweden1010010.25
Slovenia7101—
Slovakia75210.25

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
Sophie WILMÈS BelgiumRenewSpeeches117 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Ewa KOPACZ PolandEPPSpeeches216 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Leire PAJÍN SpainS&DSpeeches216 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Arkadiusz MULARCZYK PolandECRSpeeches216 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Davor Ivo STIER CroatiaEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Marc BOTENGA BelgiumThe LeftSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Tomasz FROELICH GermanyESNSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Lefteris NIKOLAOU-ALAVANOS GreeceNo groupSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Hermann TERTSCH SpainPatriotsSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Diana RIBA I GINER SpainGreensSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Reinhold LOPATKA AustriaEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Aleksandar NIKOLIC FrancePatriotsSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Rima HASSAN FranceThe LeftSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group No vote recorded
Lukas SIEPER changed group GermanyRenewSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Estrella GALÁN SpainThe LeftSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Elena NEVADO DEL CAMPO SpainEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Mariusz KAMIŃSKI PolandECRSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Tobiasz BOCHEŃSKI PolandECRSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
João OLIVEIRA PortugalThe LeftSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Marco TARQUINIO ItalyS&DSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE SpainEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Francisco José MILLÁN MON SpainEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Gabriel MATO SpainEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group 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
1Vote on text inserted after paragraph 1 Show of hands Rejected
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 2 Show of hands Rejected
3Vote on text inserted after paragraph 5 Show of hands Rejected
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 2 Show of hands Rejected
3Vote on text inserted after paragraph 5 Show of hands Rejected
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 4 to paragraph 7 RC-B10-0394/2026 – § 7 – Am 4 Roll call153 for, 424 against, 5 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
5Separate vote on paragraph 7 Counted205 for, 346 against, 32 abstained Rejected
6Separate vote on paragraph 8 Show of hands Rejected
7Amendment 5 to paragraph 8 RC-B10-0394/2026 – § 8 – Am 5 Roll call145 for, 417 against, 24 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
8Vote on text inserted after recital D Show of hands Rejected
9Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0394/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call374 for, 198 against, 19 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: EPP
10Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0394/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
11Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0396/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
12Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0400/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
13Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0402/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
14Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0403/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
15Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0409/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
16Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0419/2026 Show of hands Lapsed

Roll calls requested by EPP, Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2026-0400

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on political prisoners in Cuba, focusing on the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro, who remain imprisoned following the July 2021 protests.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position, calling on the Cuban authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all persons detained solely for peacefully exercising their freedom of expression, association and assembly.

Parliament also calls on Cuba to guarantee freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, undertake democratic, economic and institutional reforms, and cooperate with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

It instructs its President to send the resolution to the Cuban Government and National Assembly, the US Government and Congress, EU member states, the VP/HR and the Commission.

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Parliament's resolution calls on Cuba to release all people detained for peacefully exercising their rights, including Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro, and to respect fair trial rights.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/2874(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Parliament adopted the text on 17 September 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 3 steps of the dossier
  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Adopted 17 September 2026 (done)
  3. 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 17 connections: Running issue: Cuba political prisoners · Running issue: July 2021 Cuba protests · Running issue: Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Cuba political prisoners

Running issue: July 2021 Cuba protests

Running issue: Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua

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/2026-09-17/2
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro”. Decision, 17 September 2026. votingId 197242, document B-10-2026-0400, reference 2026/2874(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-09-17-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 197242, document B-10-2026-0400, reference 2026/2874(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}