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8 Resolutions & reports ·decision 8 of 8 on Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections

Motion for a resolution · voted at 15:08

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

Adopted by an overwhelming majority 458 for · 18 against · 84 abstained (82 % in favour) Foreign affairsHuman rights abroad
The vote✦ In shortFull textProcedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

For 458 Against 18 Abstained 84

Final vote — text as a whole at 15:08 · 82% 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 Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; The Left, PfE and ESN mostly abstained.

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

Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections of 2020. The resolution reiterates non-recognition of Aliaksandr Lukashenka as President and considers elections under his regime fraudulent and illegitimate. It expresses grave concern about political prisoners and calls for their release.

How the vote unfolded · 18 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 10 parts of the text voted on separately (6 adopted, 4 rejected). 6 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Roll calls requested by The Left, Renew, ECR, ESN · split votes by The Left, ECR.

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 18 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on paragraph 4
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
2. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 5
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
3. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 5
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
4. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 6
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
5. Separate vote on paragraph 9 requested by The Left
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
6. Paragraph 9 — part 2 15:08 RC-B10-0451/2025 – § 9/2 Part 2: “those words” requested by The Left requested by The Left
Adopted
7. Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 12 15:08 RC-B10-0451/2025 – After § 12 – Am 5 requested by ESN
Rejected
8. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 21
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
9. Separate vote on paragraph 24
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
10. Separate vote on recital Q requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
11. Recital Q — part 2 15:08 RC-B10-0451/2025 – Recital Q/2 Part 2: ‘whereas a new draft law proposes imprisonment for sharing information on LGBTQ+ issues, childlessness or ‘recognising paedophilia as acceptable’, posing a serious risk of mass censorship and harassment; whereas including paedophilia in the same list as LGBTQ+ and childlessness is a deliberate manipulation;’ requested by ECR requested by ECR
Adopted
12. Final vote — text as a whole 15:08 RC-B10-0451/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) requested by Renew
Adopted
13. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0449/2025
— no individual positions recorded
14. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0451/2025
— no individual positions recorded
15. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0452/2025
— no individual positions recorded
16. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0453/2025
— no individual positions recorded
17. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0454/2025
— no individual positions recorded
18. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0455/2025
— no individual positions recorded

Part of the sitting of Wednesday, 22 October 2025. The vote was taken on Motion B-10-2025-0454 in procedure 2025/2900.

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Document & procedure
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Group badges
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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 — ; *** — ; * —
  • Lapsed —
  • A10-… — committee report; B10-… — motion
  • RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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