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Recital Q — part 2 of 2

Targeted attacks against Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – defending religious freedom and security

Vote
Recital Q — part 2 of 2
Decision
No. 9 of the sitting of 3 Apr 2025
Result
502 for · 51 against · 6 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
3 April 2025, 13:40
More facts (6)
Position
vote 19 of 27 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Patriots · split vote: Patriots
Official label
RC-B10-0211/2025 - Considérant Q/2
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0215
Dossier
2025/2612(RSP)
Vote id
174841
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 502 for, 51 against, 6 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 90 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “whereas Christians are the largest persecuted religious group in the world;”

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. 1No vote 10 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 1No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 80Against 7Abst. 2No vote 47 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
RenewFor 61Against 1Abst. 0No vote 13 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 147Against 0Abst. 0No vote 41 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 60Against 0Abst. 0No vote 20 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 70Against 1Abst. 0No vote 15 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 24Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 26Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 11Against 7Abst. 2No vote 8 of 28Majority 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, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

Renew members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria200
Belgium100
Bulgaria200
Germany700
Denmark300
Estonia200
Spain100
Finland200
France1300
Ireland400
Lithuania200
Luxembourg100
Latvia100
Netherlands600
Portugal200
Romania300
Sweden110
Slovenia200
Slovakia600

Members

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No vote recorded, 159

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174841
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Recital Q — part 2 of 2 — Targeted attacks against Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – defending religious freedom and security”. Vote, 3 April 2025. votingId 174841, reference 2025/2612(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174841 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 3 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 3 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-03, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-04-03/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2025-04-03-174841,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital Q — part 2 of 2 — Targeted attacks against Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – defending religious freedom and security}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-04-03},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174841}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-04-03/174841},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 174841, reference 2025/2612(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-03 (CC BY 4.0)}
}