How Niklas voted.
2025 Commission report on Serbia (Motion adopted): 468 For, 116 Against, 79 Abstention, 78 Did not vote (741 Members). Niklas Nienaß: Did not vote.
Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania (Motion adopted): 385 For, 165 Against, 35 Abstention, 150 Did not vote (735 Members). Niklas Nienaß: Did not vote.
Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong (Motion adopted): 503 For, 9 Against, 100 Abstention, 123 Did not vote (735 Members). Niklas Nienaß: Did not vote.
2023 and 2024 Commission reports on North Macedonia (Motion adopted): 461 For, 121 Against, 107 Abstention, 46 Did not vote (735 Members). Niklas Nienaß: Did not vote.
Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli (Motion adopted): 324 For, 25 Against, 87 Abstention, 299 Did not vote (735 Members). Niklas Nienaß: Did not vote.
The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report (Motion adopted): 405 For, 210 Against, 36 Abstention, 84 Did not vote (735 Members). Niklas Nienaß: Did not vote.
Continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TV (Motion adopted): 434 For, 30 Against, 89 Abstention, 182 Did not vote (735 Members). Niklas Nienaß: Did not vote.
11th year of the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Crimea, notably the cases of Iryna Danylovych, Tofik Abdulhaziiev and Amet Suleymanov (Motion adopted): 446 For, 25 Against, 51 Abstention, 213 Did not vote (735 Members). Niklas Nienaß: Did not vote.
Hong Kong, notably the cases of Jimmy Lai and the 45 activists recently convicted under the national security law (Motion adopted): 473 For, 23 Against, 98 Abstention, 141 Did not vote (735 Members). Niklas Nienaß: Did not vote.
Tajikistan: state repression against the independent media (Motion adopted): 481 For, 25 Against, 26 Abstention, 246 Did not vote (778 Members). Niklas Nienaß: For.
Rule of Law in Malta: 6 years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the need to protect journalists (Motion adopted): 437 For, 14 Against, 66 Abstention, 259 Did not vote (776 Members). Niklas Nienaß: For.
The protection of journalists around the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter (Motion adopted): 583 For, 7 Against, 48 Abstention, 192 Did not vote (830 Members). Niklas Nienaß: For.
The Rule of Law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia (Motion adopted): 564 For, 10 Against, 17 Abstention, 215 Did not vote (806 Members). Niklas Nienaß: For.