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Plenary sitting, Thursday, 13 February 2025

5 decisions: 5 adopted. 81 ballots in all, 30 by , between 12:36 and 12:47.

Tightest result: Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia — adopted 400 to 63.

✦ The day in brief · AI briefing

Parliament adopted five resolutions on human rights and political crises, condemning repression in Georgia, Nicaragua, and Türkiye, violence in the DRC, and blasphemy charges in Nigeria.

Resolutions & reports · 5

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

  1. Decision 1:Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in Türkiye

    Motion for a resolution · 15 ballots, incl. 4 amendments

    It condemns the replacement of elected mayors with state-appointed trustees and calls on Turkish authorities to end this practice, allowing elected representatives to serve their mandates.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  2. Decision 2:Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particular

    Motion for a resolution · 10 ballots, incl. 2 amendments

    Parliament adopted a resolution condemning systematic human rights violations by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, including persecution of the Catholic Church, and rejecting the 2025 constitutional reform as regressive.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  3. Decision 3:Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu

    Motion for a resolution · 11 ballots, incl. 2 amendments

    The resolution calls on Nigerian authorities to release Sharif-Aminu, ensure his proper treatment, and repeal blasphemy laws, including the death penalty.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  4. Decision 4:Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia

    Motion for a resolution · 29 ballots, incl. 3 amendments

    Parliament adopted a resolution on the further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia, condemning the government's decision to pause EU accession talks and the crackdown on protests, media, and opposition.

    Adopted by a large majority 400 for · 63 against · 81 abstained

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

  5. Decision 5:Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Motion for a resolution · 16 ballots, incl. 4 amendments

    Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group's violence and atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and demanding that Rwanda cease support and M23 withdraw from unlawfully gained territories.

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 443 for · 4 against · 48 abstained

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

✦ AI: one-sentence summaries written by an AI from the text voted on; the outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Each decision’s page shows every ballot, the full text and the procedure.

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