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Amendment 8 to paragraph 12

Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

Vote
Amendment 8 to paragraph 12
Decision
No. 5 of the sitting of 21 May 2026
Result
106 for · 386 against · 77 abstained Rejected · roll call
Date
21 May 2026, 13:29
More facts (6)
Position
vote 13 of 23 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: The Left
Official label
RC-B10-0260/2026 – § 12 – Am 8
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0259
Dossier
2026/2733(RSP)
Vote id
193409
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Result

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Result: 106 for, 386 against, 77 abstained (roll call).

Rejected · 19 % 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 38Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 45Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 19Against 21Abst. 3No vote 10 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.23
S&DFor 22Against 81Abst. 1No vote 32 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.67
RenewFor 5Against 60Abst. 1No vote 11 of 77Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.86
EPPFor 0Against 137Abst. 0No vote 46 of 183Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 1Against 46Abst. 20No vote 14 of 81Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.53
PatriotsFor 2Against 34Abst. 33No vote 16 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.24
ESNFor 3Against 4Abst. 17No vote 3 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.56
No groupFor 16Against 3Abst. 2No vote 9 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Pina PICIERNO 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
Belgium020
Bulgaria010
Czechia030
Denmark010
Estonia010
Spain002
France040
Greece002
Croatia010
Italy0116
Lithuania010
Latvia020
Netherlands020
Poland0190
Romania150
Sweden030

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No vote recorded, 148

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European Parliament (2026). “Amendment 8 to paragraph 12 — Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran”. Vote, 21 May 2026. votingId 193409, reference 2026/2733(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-05-21/193409 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 21 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-21/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2026-05-21-193409,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 8 to paragraph 12 — Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-05-21/193409}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-05-21/193409},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 193409, reference 2026/2733(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}