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Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part

Ilhan Kyuchyuk – After § 37 – Am 1

Date: 20.05.2026·Reference: A10-0107/2026

cooperation agreement (EU)trade relations Central Asia raw material Uzbekistan economic development human rights climate change democracy rule of law regional cooperation

Overall Result

Adopted

296 For
223 Against
126 Abstention
72 Did not vote

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Amendment wording

Tabled by Yannis Maniatis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Claudiu Manda

Added: 37a. Is concerned about the growing evidence that Uzbekistan has weaponised international and regional legal cooperation mechanisms for transnational repression against activists, journalists, human rights defenders and trial monitors; notes that this includes misuse of INTERPOL notices and diffusions, mutual legal assistance requests, and cooperation on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism to pursue politically motivated extradition, detention or forcible return of individuals; calls on Uzbekistan to fully respect the principle of non-refoulement;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.275

Status and procedure

Outcome as recorded by the European Parliament.

Vote held on: 20.05.2026
Latest recorded step: Other activity · 20.05.2026 (177 days ago)
Next scheduled step: No further step is scheduled in the source.

Procedure timeline

2024/0260(NLE) · NLE

Recorded procedure activities. These do not establish whether a law has entered into force.

Recorded: Referral24.11.202550 days until the next step
Recorded: Committee stage13.01.202697 days until the next step
Recorded: Plenary20.04.202630 days until the next step
Latest recorded: Other activity20.05.2026177 days since this step began

Recorded activities (8)

24.11.2025Referral to committee
13.01.2026Committee report tabled
15.04.2026Committee report adopted
20.04.2026Tabling for plenary
19.05.2026Plenary debate
20.05.2026Other recorded activity
20.05.2026Plenary vote
20.05.2026Plenary vote results

Scheduled activities (not confirmation of completion)

19.05.2026Plenary debate
20.05.2026Plenary vote

Procedure file (OEIL) · European Parliament data
Retrieved: 06.11.2026

Sources

Roll-call minutes Parliament document Procedure file (OEIL)

Data: EP Open Data API

What is this about?

Approval of the EPCA agreement between EU and Uzbekistan.
Demand for human rights reforms and democratic opening.
Emphasis on strategic partnership in Central Asia.

Source: AI Summary with Mistral

Vote by political group

How the political groups voted

Renew Europe (Renew)

For71

71For
0Against
0Abstention
6Did not vote

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The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)

For43

43For
0Against
0Abstention
2Did not vote

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Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)

For49

49For
0Against
0Abstention
4Did not vote

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Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)

For120

120For
0Against
0Abstention
16Did not vote

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European People's Party (EPP)

For5

5For
150Against
2Abstention
26Did not vote

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European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)

For2

2For
34Against
40Abstention
5Did not vote

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Non-attached Members (NI)

For6

6For
8Against
11Abstention
5Did not vote

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Patriots for Europe (PfE)

For0

0For
23Against
55Abstention
7Did not vote

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Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN)

For0

0For
8Against
18Abstention
1Did not vote

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Members

Showing 10 of 717

Vote Position
Name	Country	Group	Vote Position
Dario Tamburrano	Italy	GUE/NGL	For
Michael Bloss	Germany	Greens/EFA	For
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis	Lithuania	S&D	For
Iratxe García Pérez	Spain	S&D	For
Katri Kulmuni	Finland	Renew	For
Nikos Papandreou	Greece	S&D	For
Giuseppe Antoci	Italy	GUE/NGL	For
Jan Farský	Czechia	EPP	For
Bruno Gonçalves	Portugal	S&D	For
João Cotrim De Figueiredo	Portugal	Renew	For