Recital BJ — part 2 · Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Adopted · 65 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “whereas it strongly underlined the pressing need for legislative changes to lift the current legal ban on changing sex/gender markers in the Hungarian birth register and to eliminate any constitutional obstacles to legal gender recognition, as well as to introduce a clear legal framework regulating the conditions and procedures for legal gender recognition; whereas it urged the authorities to adopt, without further delay, a clear legal framework to enable transgender persons, both lawfully settled non-Hungarian and Hungarian nationals, to access quick, transparent and accessible procedures for changing their name and sex/gender marker in their official identification documents issued by the Hungarian authorities;”

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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 36	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 50	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 112	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 24 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 64	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 142	Against 14	Abst. 9	No vote 23 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.79
ECR	For 0	Against 70	Abst. 3	No vote 6 of 79	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.94
Patriots	For 0	Against 70	Abst. 8	No vote 7 of 85	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.85
ESN	For 0	Against 23	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 6	Against 13	Abst. 9	No vote 2 of 30	Majority 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, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER 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.

Each cell: members of that country in that group who voted for – against – abstained (group at the date of the vote). Shading: the share of the cell's votes that were for; the stronger the shading, the more for (scale below). — : no member voted.
Country	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	No group
Austria	no member voted	2–0–0	5–0–0	2–0–0	5–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	4–0–0	3–0–0	0–0–3	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	4–0–1	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–0	0–0–1
Cyprus	1–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Czechia	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	2–1–0	0–3–0	0–1–8	0–1–0	0–2–0
Germany	4–0–0	15–0–0	13–0–0	8–0–0	29–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–14–0	2–1–6
Denmark	1–0–0	3–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	2–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	2–0–0	4–0–0	17–0–0	1–0–0	19–0–0	0–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	0–1–0
Finland	3–0–0	2–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	7–0–0	4–0–0	11–0–0	11–0–0	0–0–6	0–4–0	0–27–0	0–1–0	0–0–1
Greece	4–0–0	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	3–1–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	1–3–2	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–10–0	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	8–0–0	3–0–0	19–0–0	no member voted	6–1–0	0–20–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Latvia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	no member voted	6–0–0	4–0–0	6–0–0	4–1–0	0–1–0	0–5–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	1–0–0	22–0–0	0–20–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–0–1
Portugal	no member voted	no member voted	6–0–0	1–0–0	7–0–0	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	8–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0
Sweden	1–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	2–0–0	0–5–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	4–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–5–0

Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %

ECR members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	Against	Abst.
Belgium	0	3
Bulgaria	1	0
Cyprus	1	0
Czechia	3	0
Denmark	1	0
Estonia	1	0
Spain	2	0
Finland	1	0
France	4	0
Greece	2	0
Croatia	1	0
Italy	20	0
Lithuania	1	0
Latvia	2	0
Netherlands	1	0
Poland	20	0
Romania	6	0
Sweden	3	0

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No vote recorded, 90

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Name · group that day · country

Adam JARUBAS group that day: EPP · Poland
Alberico GAMBINO group that day: ECR · Italy
Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
André ROUGÉ group that day: Patriots · France
Anja ARNDT group that day: ESN · Germany
Anja HAZEKAMP group that day: The Left · Netherlands
Anouk VAN BRUG group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Antonio DECARO group that day: S&D · Italy
Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN group that day: S&D · Ireland
Aurelijus VERYGA group that day: ECR · Lithuania
Benoit CASSART group that day: Renew · Belgium
Branislav ONDRUŠ group that day: No group · Slovakia
Bruno GONÇALVES group that day: S&D · Portugal
Carmen CRESPO DÍAZ group that day: EPP · Spain
Catarina MARTINS group that day: The Left · Portugal
César LUENA group that day: S&D · Spain
Chloé RIDEL group that day: S&D · France
Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
Dan NICA group that day: S&D · Romania
Dolors MONTSERRAT group that day: EPP · Spain
Dóra DÁVID group that day: EPP · Hungary
Dragoş BENEA group that day: S&D · Romania
Eero HEINÄLUOMA group that day: S&D · Finland
Elena YONCHEVA group that day: No group · Bulgaria
Emma RAFOWICZ group that day: S&D · France
Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS group that day: EPP · Greece
Eszter LAKOS group that day: EPP · Hungary
Eugen TOMAC group that day: Renew · Romania
Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Francisco ASSIS group that day: S&D · Portugal
Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO group that day: EPP · Italy
Gabriela FIREA group that day: S&D · Romania
Gabriella GERZSENYI group that day: EPP · Hungary
Gheorghe CÂRCIU group that day: S&D · Romania
Giusi PRINCI group that day: EPP · Italy
György HÖLVÉNYI group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Hanna GEDIN group that day: The Left · Sweden
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ group that day: The Left · Spain
Jana TOOM group that day: Renew · Estonia
Jérémy DECERLE group that day: Renew · France
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO group that day: Renew · Portugal
João OLIVEIRA group that day: The Left · Portugal
José CEPEDA group that day: S&D · Spain
Katri KULMUNI group that day: Renew · Finland
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Kristian VIGENIN group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
Lena DÜPONT group that day: EPP · Germany
Leoluca ORLANDO group that day: Greens · Italy
Luděk NIEDERMAYER group that day: EPP · Czechia
Ľudovít ÓDOR group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
Manuela RIPA group that day: EPP · Germany
Maria GRAPINI group that day: S&D · Romania
Mario FURORE group that day: The Left · Italy
Mario MANTOVANI group that day: ECR · Italy
Matthieu VALET group that day: Patriots · France
Michael MCNAMARA group that day: Renew · Ireland
Michal WIEZIK group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Michele PICARO group that day: ECR · Italy
Mieke ANDRIESE group that day: Patriots · Netherlands
Mihai TUDOSE group that day: S&D · Romania
Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Niels FUGLSANG group that day: S&D · Denmark
Ondřej KOLÁŘ group that day: EPP · Czechia
Pernando BARRENA ARZA group that day: The Left · Spain
Peter AGIUS group that day: EPP · Malta
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Petras GRAŽULIS group that day: ESN · Lithuania
Rada LAYKOVA group that day: ESN · Bulgaria
Raffaele TOPO group that day: S&D · Italy
Regina DOHERTY group that day: EPP · Ireland
Rima HASSAN group that day: The Left · France
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Roberts ZĪLE group that day: ECR · Latvia
Ruggero RAZZA group that day: ECR · Italy
Sander SMIT group that day: EPP · Netherlands
Sandra GÓMEZ LÓPEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Sandro GOZI group that day: Renew · France
Silvia SARDONE group that day: Patriots · Italy
Stanisław TYSZKA group that day: ESN · Poland
Ştefan MUŞOIU group that day: S&D · Romania
Tiemo WÖLKEN group that day: S&D · Germany
Tomasz BUCZEK group that day: Patriots · Poland
Tsvetelina PENKOVA group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
Victor NEGRESCU group that day: S&D · Romania
Vladimir PREBILIČ group that day: Greens · Slovenia
Younous OMARJEE group that day: The Left · France
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

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The decision

Decision Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded Resolution · report by Tineke Strik 25 Nov 2025 Adopted

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Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Amendment 1 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025
Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 1 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025
Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Amendment 9 to paragraph 2 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025
Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Separate vote on paragraph 2 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025
Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 2 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025
Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Amendment 11 to paragraph 4 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025
Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Separate vote on paragraph 4 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025
Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Amendment 12 to paragraph 7 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025
Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Amendment 2 to paragraph 9 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025
Vote Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded — Amendment 13 to paragraph 10 Roll-call vote · 25 Nov 2025 25 Nov 2025

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-11-25/181703
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 25 November 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 25 November 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-25
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Recital BJ — part 2 — Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded”. Vote, 25 November 2025. votingId 181703, reference 2018/0902R. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-11-25/181703 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 25 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 25 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-25, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-11-25/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2025-11-25-181703,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital BJ — part 2 — Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-25},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-11-25/181703}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-11-25/181703},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 181703, reference 2018/0902R. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-25 (CC BY 4.0)}
}