Sitting · Plenary
Wednesday 22 January 2025
- Date
- Wednesday 22 January 2025
- Decisions
- 1 decision: 1 passed
- Votes
- 13 votes · 2 roll calls
More facts (5)
- Voting time
- 12:43
- Closest result
- Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus (567 for, 25 against)
- Amendments
- 1
- Previous sitting
- Tuesday 21 January 2025
- Next sitting
- Thursday 23 January 2025
Numbered as on the sitting’s record, by kind of decision.
| No. | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.1 | Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus Motion for a resolution | KindResolutions | Adopted | 567 for, 25 against, 66 abstained roll call | Votes13 |
Every vote of the day recorded by name. A decision can have many votes.
| Date | Vote | Kind | Result | For | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus | Final | 567 for, 25 against, 66 abstained Adopted | For 86 % | Requested by Renew |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Amendments 4 + 7 (voted as one) to paragraph 19 Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus | Amendment | 429 for, 205 against, 23 abstained Adopted | For 65 % | Requested by EPP |
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Day brief
A short account of the day, written by AI from the decisions and their summaries.
AI: The day in brief Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament adopted a resolution on Belarus, condemning oppression and electoral fraud, and demanding action.
- Belarus oppression and elections: Parliament condemned repression and fake elections in Belarus, demanding the release of political prisoners, new free elections under international observation, and broader EU sanctions. It was backed by EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens, ECR, and Patriots, while The Left and ESN mostly abstained.
Connections
The part-session and what the day’s decisions touch.
Other sittings of the part-session
- Sitting Monday, 20 January 2025 Plenary sitting 20 Jan 2025
- Sitting Tuesday, 21 January 2025 Plenary sitting 21 Jan 2025
- Sitting Thursday, 23 January 2025 Plenary sitting 23 Jan 2025
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Sitting of Wednesday 22 January 2025”. Sitting, 22 January 2025. sitting MTG-PL-2025-01-22. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-01-22 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 January 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-22-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 22 January 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-01-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-01-22/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-sitting-2025-01-22,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Sitting of Wednesday 22 January 2025}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-22},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-01-22}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/sittings/2025-01-22},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Sitting. sitting MTG-PL-2025-01-22. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-22-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-01-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-01-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}