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5 Resolutions & reports ·decision 5 of 5 on Thursday, 23 January 2025

Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025

Motion for a resolution · voted 12:16–12:20

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

Adopted by a large majority 374 for · 53 against · 163 abstained (63 % in favour) Foreign affairsHuman rights abroadLatin America
The vote✦ In shortFull textProcedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Adopted by a large majority

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

For 374 Against 53 Abstained 163

Final vote — text as a whole at 12:20 · 63% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

Who backed it
  • The Left ✗
  • Verts/ALE –
  • S&D ✓
  • Renew ✓
  • PPE ✓
  • ECR ~
  • PfE –
  • ESN –
  • NI ✗

Backed by S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by The Left; Verts/ALE, PfE and ESN mostly abstained; ECR split.

✦ What this vote decides · AI summary, based on the text voted on

Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro took power on 10 January 2025, which it calls a usurpation of the presidency. The text condemns the regime as illegitimate and reiterates recognition of Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate president-elect, urging that he should have been sworn in. Parliament calls for strengthened sanctions against Maduro and his circle, and for the release of political prisoners and an end to repression.

How the vote unfolded · 26 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 5 amendments (1 adopted, 4 rejected) and 15 parts of the text voted on separately (13 adopted, 2 rejected). 5 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Roll calls requested by PPE, ECR, PfE · split votes by Verts/ALE (2), S&D (5) · separate votes by Verts/ALE.

adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

All 26 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on paragraph 1 12:16 RC-B10-0064/2025 - § 1 requested by PPE
Adopted
2. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 12:16 RC-B10-0064/2025 - Après le § 1 - Am 2 requested by PfE
Rejected
3. Paragraph 2 — part 1 12:16 RC-B10-0064/2025 - § 2/1 Part 1: ‘Recalls that on the basis of the electoral records submitted by the democratic opposition to the regime and as stated by the independent international organisations present at the elections on 28 July 2024, namely the United Nations mission and the Carter Center, Parliament recognised Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate winner of the presidential elections’ requested by S&D requested by Verts/ALE requested by PPE
Adopted
4. Paragraph 2 — part 2 12:17 RC-B10-0064/2025 - § 2/2 Part 2: ‘a victory acknowledged by the EU and its Member States;’ requested by S&D requested by Verts/ALE requested by PPE
Adopted
5. Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 2 12:17 RC-B10-0064/2025 - Après le § 2 - Am 3 requested by PfE
Rejected
6. Separate vote on paragraph 4 12:17 RC-B10-0064/2025 - § 4 requested by PPE
Adopted
7. Paragraph 5 — part 1 12:17 RC-B10-0064/2025 - § 5/1 Part 1: ‘Welcomes the statement of the High Representative on behalf of the EU Member States recognising the victory of Edmundo González Urrutia by a significant majority, and Parliament considers that he should have taken the presidential oath on 10 January 2025;’ without the words ‘on behalf of the EU Member States’ requested by Verts/ALE, S&D requested by PPE
Adopted
8. Paragraph 5 — part 2 12:17 RC-B10-0064/2025 - § 5/2 Part 2: ‘on behalf of the EU Member States’ requested by Verts/ALE, S&D requested by PPE
Adopted
9. Paragraph 5 — part 3 12:18 RC-B10-0064/2025 - § 5/3 Part 3: ‘also welcomes the commitment by the EU to continue to address the urgent needs of the people of Venezuela, who are suffering the consequences of the long humanitarian crisis;’ requested by Verts/ALE, S&D requested by PPE
Adopted
10. Paragraph 6 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘President-elect’” requested by S&D
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
11. Paragraph 6 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by S&D
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
12. Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 7 12:18 RC-B10-0064/2025 - Après le § 7 - Am 1 requested by PfE
Adopted
13. Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 8 12:18 RC-B10-0064/2025 - Après le § 8 - Am 5 requested by ECR
Rejected
14. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 8 12:19 RC-B10-0064/2025 - Après le § 8 - Am 4 requested by PfE
Rejected
15. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 14
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Rejected
16. Recital A — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘publicly available’” requested by S&D
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
17. Recital A — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by S&D
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
18. Recital F — part 1 of 3 Part 1: ‘whereas on 19 September 2024, Parliament recognised Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate and democratically elected President of Venezuela and María Corina Machado as the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela; whereas other democratic states in the region and throughout the world have recognised González as President-elect; whereas he should have been sworn in on 10 January 2025;’ without the words ‘in the region and throughout the world’ requested by Verts/ALE, S&D
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
19. Recital F — part 2 of 3 Part 2: ‘in the region and throughout the world’ requested by Verts/ALE, S&D
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
20. Recital F — part 3 of 3 Part 3: ‘whereas on 17 December 2024, Parliament awarded the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to María Corina Machado, as the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela, and to President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia, representing all Venezuelans inside and outside the country fighting for the reinstitution of freedom and democracy;’ requested by Verts/ALE, S&D
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
21. Final vote — text as a whole 12:20 RC-B10-0064/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) requested by PPE
Adopted
22. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0064/2025
— no individual positions recorded
23. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0068/2025
— no individual positions recorded
24. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0071/2025
— no individual positions recorded
25. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0080/2025
— no individual positions recorded
26. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0083/2025
— no individual positions recorded

Part of the sitting of Thursday, 23 January 2025. The vote was taken on Motion B-10-2025-0064 in procedure 2025/2519.

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Codes in ballot labels

  • Am 27 — amendment 27
  • § 5 — paragraph 5
  • § 5/2, part 2 — a , taken in parts
  • Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
  • ***I — ; *** — ; * —
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  • RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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