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Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya

Effect
Adopted
Result
562 for · 1 against · 33 abstained roll call
Date
17 September 2026, 13:14
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0417
Dossier
2026/2876(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
6 votes · 1 roll call
Requested by
Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 17 September 2026
Final vote
197216
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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: 562 for, 1 against, 33 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

5 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

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

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 35Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 44Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 47Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 113Against 0Abst. 0No vote 22 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 66Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 156Against 0Abst. 0No vote 28 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 72Against 0Abst. 1No vote 11 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
PatriotsFor 44Against 0Abst. 17No vote 23 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.58
ESNFor 19Against 0Abst. 5No vote 3 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.69
No groupFor 10Against 1Abst. 10No vote 7 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 23

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
Austria140600.55
Belgium150340.75
Bulgaria140031.00
Cyprus3003—
Czechia130260.80
Germany7902140.96
Denmark110220.77
Estonia6001—
Spain550051.00
Finland110041.00
France7100101.00
Greece802110.70
Croatia110011.00
Hungary70112—
Ireland7007—
Italy6600101.00
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia7002—
Malta4002—
Netherlands220540.72
Poland440540.85
Portugal190021.00
Romania2101110.93
Sweden200011.00
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia91410.46

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
Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ CzechiaEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Evin INCIR SwedenS&DSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Erik MARQUARDT GermanyGreensSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Reinhold LOPATKA AustriaEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Murielle LAURENT FranceS&DSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Lukas SIEPER changed group GermanyRenewSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Arkadiusz MULARCZYK PolandECRSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Tobiasz BOCHEŃSKI PolandECRSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Michael MCNAMARA IrelandRenewSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Martin GÜNTHER GermanyThe LeftSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Marit MAIJ NetherlandsS&DSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 6

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the motion for a resolution RC-B10-0404/2026 – Motion for a resolution Roll call562 for, 1 against, 33 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
2Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0404/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
3Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0416/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0404/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
3Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0416/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0417/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
5Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0418/2026 Show of hands Lapsed
6Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0420/2026 Show of hands Lapsed

Roll call requested by Renew.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2026-0417

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

This resolution concerns post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya, following the general elections in which the Electoral Commission of Zambia declared President Hichilema the winner.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position, strongly condemning the violent crackdowns and police abuses surrounding the elections.

Parliament urges the Zambian authorities to end arbitrary arrests and detention, ensure detainees have access to lawyers, families and medical care, and bring them before independent and impartial courts.

It also calls for investigations into the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya, and asks the EU and its member states to raise the situation with the Zambian authorities and support civil society and journalists.

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

Parliament's resolution condemns the violent crackdown and police abuses around Zambia's 13 August general elections, in which President Hichilema was declared winner with 60.7 percent.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/2876(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

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Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/4
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya”. Decision, 17 September 2026. votingId 197216, document B-10-2026-0417, reference 2026/2876(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/4 (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-2026-09-17-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-17/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 197216, document B-10-2026-0417, reference 2026/2876(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)}
}