Amendment 16 to paragraph 78 · Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Rejected · 28 % 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 0	Against 32	Abst. 8	No vote 6 of 46	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.70
Greens	For 0	Against 51	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 53	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 0	Against 128	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 136	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 0	Against 70	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 75	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 3	Against 162	Abst. 4	No vote 18 of 187	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.94
ECR	For 65	Against 1	Abst. 5	No vote 8 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.87
Patriots	For 79	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 86	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.98
ESN	For 23	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 14	Against 6	Abst. 5	No vote 5 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	0–2–0	0–5–0	0–2–0	0–5–0	no member voted	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–4–0	0–3–0	0–0–1	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–5–0	1–0–0	no member voted	3–0–0	0–2–0
Cyprus	0–1–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0
Czechia	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–5–0	1–0–2	8–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–1
Germany	0–3–0	0–15–0	0–13–0	0–7–0	0–28–0	no member voted	no member voted	12–0–0	6–1–2
Denmark	0–1–0	0–3–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–2–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	0–3–0	0–4–0	0–18–0	0–1–0	0–21–0	2–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Finland	0–3–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	0–4–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	0–9–0	0–4–0	0–12–0	0–13–0	1–3–0	4–0–0	29–0–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Greece	0–3–0	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted	0–7–0	2–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	1–1–0
Croatia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–4–0	no member voted	0–6–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	10–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted
Ireland	0–2–0	no member voted	0–1–0	0–6–0	0–4–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	0–1–8	0–4–0	0–20–0	no member voted	0–8–0	22–1–0	7–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Latvia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	3–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	no member voted	0–6–0	0–4–0	0–7–0	0–4–2	0–0–1	6–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–21–0	18–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted
Portugal	0–2–0	no member voted	0–8–0	0–1–0	0–7–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	0–1–0	0–11–0	0–3–0	0–10–0	3–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Sweden	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–4–0	0–3–0	0–5–0	3–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	2–2–1	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–4–0	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	4–0–2

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

No group members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Against	Abst.
Bulgaria	0	2	0
Cyprus	0	1	0
Czechia	1	0	1
Germany	6	1	2
France	0	1	0
Greece	1	1	0
Luxembourg	1	0	0
Romania	1	0	0
Slovakia	4	0	2

Members

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No vote recorded, 62

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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Name · group that day · country

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
António TÂNGER CORRÊA group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Assita KANKO group that day: ECR · Belgium
Catherine GRISET group that day: Patriots · France
Chloé RIDEL group that day: S&D · France
Daniel CASPARY group that day: EPP · Germany
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
François-Xavier BELLAMY group that day: EPP · France
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
Giovanni CROSETTO group that day: ECR · Italy
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
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT group that day: ECR · Belgium
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Klara DOSTALOVA group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Kostas PAPADAKIS group that day: No group · Greece
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA group that day: S&D · Spain
Lefteris NIKOLAOU-ALAVANOS group that day: No group · Greece
Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Luis-Vicențiu LAZARUS group that day: No group · Romania
Łukasz KOHUT group that day: EPP · Poland
Luke Ming FLANAGAN group that day: The Left · Ireland
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA group that day: ECR · Poland
Marie TOUSSAINT group that day: Greens · France
Martin HOJSÍK group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Martin SCHIRDEWAN group that day: The Left · Germany
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
Petras GRAŽULIS group that day: ESN · Lithuania
Ralf SEEKATZ group that day: EPP · Germany
René AUST group that day: ESN · Germany
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Siegbert Frank DROESE group that day: ESN · Germany
Sofie ERIKSSON group that day: S&D · Sweden
Sophie WILMÈS group that day: Renew · Belgium
Tobias CREMER group that day: S&D · Germany
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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10 Mar 2025	Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group	Other	110 for, 309 against, 9 abstained Rejected	For 26 %		r · shared0.97 393 voters
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The decision

Decision Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Resolution · report by Francisco Assis 21 Jan 2026 Adopted

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Vote Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 — Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 2 Roll-call vote · 21 Jan 2026 21 Jan 2026
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Vote Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 — Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 10 Roll-call vote · 21 Jan 2026 21 Jan 2026
Vote Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 — Paragraph 17 — part 3 Roll-call vote · 21 Jan 2026 21 Jan 2026
Vote Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 — Paragraph 17 — part 4 Roll-call vote · 21 Jan 2026 21 Jan 2026
Vote Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 — Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 18 Roll-call vote · 21 Jan 2026 21 Jan 2026
Vote Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 — Amendment 35 to paragraph 20 Roll-call vote · 21 Jan 2026 21 Jan 2026
Vote Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 — Amendment 4 to paragraph 21 Roll-call vote · 21 Jan 2026 21 Jan 2026
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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-21/183729
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). “Amendment 16 to paragraph 78 — Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025”. Vote, 21 January 2026. votingId 183729, reference 2025/2166(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-21/183729 (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-2026-01-21-183729,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 16 to paragraph 78 — 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/2026-01-21/183729}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-21/183729},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 183729, 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)}
}