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

Vote
Final vote on the whole text
Decision
No. 2 of the sitting of 18 Dec 2025
Result
477 for · 7 against · 69 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
18 December 2025, 12:04
More facts (7)
Effect
Adopted — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 2 of 7 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Renew
Official label
RC-B10-0567/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0589
Dossier
2025/3028(RSP)
Vote id
182962
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 477 for, 7 against, 69 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 86 % of the votes cast were for.

This was the final vote on the decision: Adopted.

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 11 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 42Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 99Against 1Abst. 0No vote 36 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
RenewFor 59Against 0Abst. 0No vote 16 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 144Against 0Abst. 1No vote 43 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 40Against 1Abst. 22No vote 16 of 79Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.45
PatriotsFor 43Against 0Abst. 21No vote 21 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.51
ESNFor 3Against 1Abst. 19No vote 4 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.74
No groupFor 12Against 4Abst. 6No vote 8 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.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium100
Cyprus100
Germany400
Denmark100
Spain300
Finland300
France800
Greece100
Ireland300
Italy900
Sweden100

Members

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No vote recorded, 166

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

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The minority on this vote was under 10 % of the votes cast — too small to compare how it split the chamber.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-18/182962
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Final vote on the whole text — Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan”. Vote, 18 December 2025. votingId 182962, reference 2025/3028(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-18/182962 (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-2025-12-18-182962,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Final vote on the whole text — 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/2025-12-18/182962}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-12-18/182962},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 182962, 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)}
}