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Amendment 1, after paragraph 3

Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan

Vote
Amendment 1, after paragraph 3
Decision
No. 2 of the sitting of 18 Dec 2025
Result
121 for · 377 against · 50 abstained Rejected · roll call
Date
18 December 2025, 12:03
More facts (6)
Position
vote 1 of 7 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Patriots
Official label
RC-B10-0567/2025 – After § 3 – Am 1
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0589
Dossier
2025/3028(RSP)
Vote id
182961
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Result

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Result: 121 for, 377 against, 50 abstained (roll call).

Rejected · 22 % of the votes cast were for.

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 36Abst. 0No vote 10 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 0Against 41Abst. 0No vote 12 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 0Against 100Abst. 0No vote 36 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 0Against 58Abst. 0No vote 17 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 8Against 132Abst. 3No vote 45 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
ECRFor 35Against 4Abst. 23No vote 17 of 79Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.35
PatriotsFor 57Against 0Abst. 8No vote 20 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
ESNFor 19Against 0Abst. 4No vote 4 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.74
No groupFor 2Against 6Abst. 12No vote 10 of 30Majority 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.

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ECR members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium001
Bulgaria100
Cyprus100
Czechia030
Spain002
Finland100
France300
Greece200
Croatia100
Italy0019
Lithuania001
Latvia300
Netherlands100
Poland1500
Romania410
Sweden300

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European Parliament (2025). “Amendment 1, after paragraph 3 — Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan”. Vote, 18 December 2025. votingId 182961, reference 2025/3028(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-18/182961 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 18 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 18 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-18, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-18/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2025-12-18-182961,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 1, after paragraph 3 — Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-18/182961}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-18/182961},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 182961, reference 2025/3028(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-18-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-18 (CC BY 4.0)}
}