Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong
Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: โAdoptedโ)
In plain language
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How parliament voted
Passed on 22 January 2026503 for ยท 9 against ยท 100 abstention(s)
In the European Parliament, a parliamentary group is a group of MEPs from like-minded parties in different countries. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.
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- Abstain
- Dot: colour of the group
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EPP (Christian Democrats) Voted for
168 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions
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S&D (Social Democrats) Voted for
112 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions
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Patriots for Europe Divided
27 for ยท 0 against ยท 42 abstentions
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ECR (Conservatives) Divided
61 for ยท 0 against ยท 3 abstentions
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Renew (Liberals) Voted for
64 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions
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Greens/EFA Voted for
49 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions
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The Left Divided
11 for ยท 1 against ยท 21 abstentions
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Non-attached Divided
9 for ยท 8 against ยท 10 abstentions
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Europe of Sovereign Nations Divided
2 for ยท 0 against ยท 24 abstentions
How MEPs voted, by country
Each country elects its own MEPs. Here you can see how the members from each country voted, regardless of their group.
๐ช๐ช MEPs from Estonia
Majority in favour7 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions
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๐ฆ๐น Austria
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๐ง๐ช Belgium
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๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria
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๐ญ๐ท Croatia
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๐จ๐พ Cyprus
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๐จ๐ฟ Czechia
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๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark
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๐ช๐ช Estonia
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
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๐ซ๐ท France
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๐ฉ๐ช Germany
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๐ฌ๐ท Greece
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๐ญ๐บ Hungary
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๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
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๐ฎ๐น Italy
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๐ฑ๐ป Latvia
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๐ฑ๐น Lithuania
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๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg
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๐ฒ๐น Malta
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๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
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๐ต๐ฑ Poland
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๐ต๐น Portugal
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๐ท๐ด Romania
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๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia
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๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia
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๐ช๐ธ Spain
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden
Figures: for / against / abstention.