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Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 482
- Against
- 57
- Abstained
- 68
roll-call vote at 12:08 · 79% of votes cast in favour
Motion for a resolution · Motion B-10-2025-0192
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on democracy and human rights in Thailand, focusing on the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees.§1: source passage in the text The text urges Thailand to amend or repeal the lese-majesty law, release detainees, and halt deportations of refugees to countries where they risk torture.§1: source passage in the text It also calls on the Commission to make free trade agreement negotiations conditional on reforms, including releasing political prisoners and ratifying core ILO conventions.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: ESN; Divided: Patriots
- The Left For 32 for, 2 against, 7 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 49 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 120 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 64 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 154 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 51 for, 3 against, 10 abstainedof 80
- Patriots Divided 8 for, 30 against, 32 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 0 for, 18 against, 4 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 4 for, 4 against, 14 abstainedof 29
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
27 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (32 of 41). Against: 2, Abstained: 7
Carolina Morace (Italy, abstained), Danilo Della Valle (Italy, abstained), Dario Tamburrano (Italy, against), Gaetano Pedulla' (Italy, abstained), Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus, abstained)
4 more from The Left
Giuseppe Antoci (Italy, against), Mario Furore (Italy, abstained), Pasquale Tridico (Italy, abstained), Valentina Palmisano (Italy, abstained)
EPP voted for (154 of 155). Abstained: 1
Radan Kanev (Bulgaria)
ECR voted for (51 of 64). Against: 3, Abstained: 10
Alexandr Vondra (Czechia, abstained), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, abstained), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, abstained), Dick Erixon (Sweden, abstained), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained)
8 more from ECR
Geadis Geadi (Cyprus, abstained), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania, abstained), Gheorghe Piperea (Romania, against), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, abstained), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia, abstained), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia, abstained)
ESN voted against (18 of 22). Abstained: 4
Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik (Poland), Marcin Sypniewski (Poland), Stanisław Tyszka (Poland), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary)
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How it got here
6 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.