← Votes·2020-10-20

Digital Services Act and fundamental rights issues posed

Digital Policy98%★

Confidence: 98%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "digital services act"
title/description contains "digital services"
dossier "digital services act" implies this topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Civil Liberties69%

Confidence: 69%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fundamental rights"
dossier "digital services act" implies this topic

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 122256Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Digital
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Digital Services Act and fundamental rights issues posed”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (566 for, 45 against, 80 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

566

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

521 votes

Turnout (cast)

691

Absent

Participation rate

98.3%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 176Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

S&D135 MEPs

For 130Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 100Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 64Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 31Against 26Abstain 8Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 53Against 5Abstain 4Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 30Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy74
Germany59
Spain51
Poland49
France43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 22Abstain 13Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 11Abstain 24Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 4Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 7Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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