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European Parliament RC-B10-0068/2026 Passed

Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: โ€˜Adoptedโ€™)

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How parliament voted

Passed on 22 January 2026

503 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.

  • For
  • Against
  • Abstain
  • Dot: colour of the group
  • EPP (Christian Democrats) Voted for

    168 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • S&D (Social Democrats) Voted for

    112 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • Patriots for Europe Divided

    27 for ยท 0 against ยท 42 abstentions

  • ECR (Conservatives) Divided

    61 for ยท 0 against ยท 3 abstentions

  • Renew (Liberals) Voted for

    64 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • Greens/EFA Voted for

    49 for ยท 0 against ยท 0 abstentions

  • The Left Divided

    11 for ยท 1 against ยท 21 abstentions

  • Non-attached Divided

    9 for ยท 8 against ยท 10 abstentions

  • 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.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช MEPs from Germany

Majority in favour

63 for ยท 5 against ยท 17 abstentions

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  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

Figures: for / against / abstention.

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