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Paragraph 21 — part 2

Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025

Vote: Paragraph 21 — part 2
Decision: No. 7 of the sitting of 21 Jan 2026
Result: 434 for · 217 against · 8 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date: 21 January 2026, 13:36

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Position: vote 32 of 109 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: Patriots · split vote: Patriots · separate vote: ECR
Official label: A10-0262/2025 – Francisco Assis – § 21/2
Text: Report A-10-2025-0262
Dossier: 2025/2166(INI)
Vote id: 183680

Position: vote 32 of 109 on the decision
Requested by: roll call: Patriots · split vote: Patriots · separate vote: ECR
Official label: A10-0262/2025 – Francisco Assis – § 21/2
Text: Report A-10-2025-0262
Dossier: 2025/2166(INI)
Vote id: 183680

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Result

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Adopted · 66 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: ‘calls therefore for the EU and its Member States to work towards ensuring a permanent seat for the EU in multilateral forums, particularly in the UN Security Council in addition to existing Member States’ seats;’

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 30	Against 9	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.65
Greens	For 49	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 3 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.97
S&D	For 125	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
Renew	For 68	Against 2	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.96
EPP	For 158	Against 10	Abst. 1	No vote 18 of 187	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.90
ECR	For 0	Against 69	Abst. 3	No vote 7 of 79	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.94
Patriots	For 1	Against 78	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 86	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.98
ESN	For 0	Against 24	Abst. 2	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.88
No group	For 3	Against 23	Abst. 2	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, 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	1–1–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	4–0–0	3–0–0	0–0–2	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–3–0	1–1–0
Cyprus	0–1–0	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	5–0–0	0–3–0	0–8–0	0–0–1	0–2–0
Germany	3–0–0	14–0–0	13–0–0	7–0–0	30–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–14–0	1–7–1
Denmark	1–0–0	3–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	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	2–0–0	2–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	3–0–0	4–0–0	17–0–0	1–0–0	20–0–0	0–2–0	1–5–0	no member voted	no member voted
Finland	3–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	4–0–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	4–4–0	5–0–0	12–0–0	12–1–0	0–4–0	0–4–0	0–29–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Greece	3–0–0	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	7–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–4–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	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	2–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	6–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	9–0–0	2–1–0	19–0–0	no member voted	8–0–0	0–23–0	0–7–0	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–0–1	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	0–3–0	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	6–1–0	4–2–0	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	21–0–0	0–18–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	no member voted
Portugal	1–1–0	no member voted	7–1–0	1–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	11–0–0	3–0–0	10–0–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0
Sweden	0–2–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	1–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–5–1

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

Greens members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against
Austria	2	0
Belgium	2	0
Czechia	1	0
Germany	14	0
Denmark	3	0
Spain	4	0
Finland	2	0
France	5	0
Croatia	1	0
Italy	2	1
Lithuania	1	0
Luxembourg	1	0
Latvia	1	0
Netherlands	6	0
Romania	1	0
Sweden	2	0
Slovenia	1	0

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Adrian-George AXINIA group that day: ECR · Romania
Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Alvise PÉREZ group that day: No group · Spain
András GYÜRK group that day: Patriots · Hungary
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
Andreas SCHWAB group that day: EPP · Germany
Anja HAZEKAMP group that day: The Left · Netherlands
Antonio DECARO group that day: S&D · Italy
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE group that day: EPP · Spain
António TÂNGER CORRÊA group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Assita KANKO group that day: ECR · Belgium
Catherine GRISET group that day: Patriots · France
Céline IMART group that day: EPP · France
Chloé RIDEL group that day: S&D · France
Daniel OBAJTEK group that day: ECR · Poland
Dóra DÁVID group that day: EPP · Hungary
Elena KOUNTOURA group that day: The Left · Greece
Eszter LAKOS group that day: EPP · Hungary
Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO group that day: EPP · Italy
Gabriella GERZSENYI group that day: EPP · Hungary
Gerolf ANNEMANS group that day: Patriots · Belgium
Gheorghe PIPEREA group that day: ECR · Romania
Grzegorz BRAUN group that day: No group · Poland
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI group that day: EPP · Poland
Javi LÓPEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Joachim STREIT group that day: Renew · Germany
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO group that day: Renew · Portugal
José CEPEDA group that day: S&D · Spain
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Klara DOSTALOVA group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA group that day: S&D · Spain
Leoluca ORLANDO group that day: Greens · Italy
Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Łukasz KOHUT group that day: EPP · Poland
Luke Ming FLANAGAN group that day: The Left · Ireland
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA group that day: ECR · Poland
Manon AUBRY group that day: The Left · France
Martin SCHIRDEWAN group that day: The Left · Germany
Matteo RICCI group that day: S&D · Italy
Michele PICARO group that day: ECR · Italy
Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Niels FUGLSANG group that day: S&D · Denmark
Pär HOLMGREN group that day: Greens · Sweden
Pernando BARRENA ARZA group that day: The Left · Spain
Peter AGIUS group that day: EPP · Malta
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Petr BYSTRON group that day: ESN · Germany
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Sebastião BUGALHO group that day: EPP · Portugal
Sergey LAGODINSKY group that day: Greens · Germany
Sigrid FRIIS group that day: Renew · Denmark
Sofie ERIKSSON group that day: S&D · Sweden
Sophie WILMÈS group that day: Renew · Belgium
Tobias CREMER group that day: S&D · Germany
Ton DIEPEVEEN group that day: Patriots · Netherlands
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ group that day: S&D · Lithuania
Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI group that day: ECR · Lithuania
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-21/183680
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 21 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-21
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Paragraph 21 — part 2 — Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025”. Vote, 21 January 2026. votingId 183680, reference 2025/2166(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-21/183680 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-21-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 21 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-01-21/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2026-01-21-183680,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 21 — part 2 — Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-21/183680}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-21/183680},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 183680, reference 2025/2166(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-21-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}