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Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 438
- Against
- 37
- Abstained
- 81
roll-call vote at 12:05 · 79% of votes cast in favour
Motion for a resolution · Motion B-10-2026-0168
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on Elene Khoshtaria, Chair of the pro-European party Droa, and other political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime.§1: source passage in the text It condemns politically motivated detention of Khoshtaria and others, calling for their immediate and unconditional release.§1: source passage in the text It demands an independent investigation into ill-treatment and abuse of national security legislation, and urges an end to pre-trial detention as political repression.§1: source passage in the text It asks the Commission and Council to make persecution a benchmark in EU-Georgia relations and consider targeted measures against responsible officials.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: ESN; Abstained: Patriots; Divided: The Left
- The Left Divided 19 for, 0 against, 16 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 45 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 108 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 59 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 144 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 188
- ECR For 52 for, 1 against, 8 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Abstained 7 for, 1 against, 48 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 18 against, 5 abstainedof 28
- No group not a group 4 for, 17 against, 4 abstainedof 31
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
22 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
ECR voted for (52 of 61). Against: 1, Abstained: 8
Cristian Terheş (Romania, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania, abstained), Guillaume Peltier (France, abstained)
4 more from ECR
Laurence Trochu (France, abstained), Marion Maréchal (France, abstained), Nicolas Bay (France, abstained), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (Romania, abstained)
Patriots abstained (48 of 56). For: 7, Against: 1
Jana Nagyová (Czechia, for), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia, for), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia, for), Klara Dostalova (Czechia, for), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia, for)
3 more from Patriots
Thierry Mariani (France, against), Tiago Moreira De Sá (Portugal, for), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia, for)
ESN voted against (18 of 23). Abstained: 5
Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik (Poland), Marcin Sypniewski (Poland), Petras Gražulis (Lithuania), Stanisław Tyszka (Poland), Volker Schnurrbusch (Germany)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 amendments (2 adopted) and 3 parts of the text voted on separately (3 rejected). 7 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.