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Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms

Media Freedom86%★
Confidence: 86%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "media freedom"
  • title/description contains "journalist"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Disinformation65%
Confidence: 65%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "disinformation"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Disinformation →
Vote ID 125366Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
80
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓High-interest topic: Media Freedom
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+10 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+7 / 10
Group division+10 / 15
Country division+8 / 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 “Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (553 for, 54 against, 89 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
553
Against
54
Abstain
89
Margin of victory
499 votes
Turnout (cast)
696
Absent
9
Participation rate
98.7%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs
For 171Against 0Abstain 7Absent 2
S&D136 MEPs
For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE66 MEPs
For 7Against 30Abstain 28Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 9Against 6Abstain 48Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 27Against 12Abstain 4Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 34Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany82
  • France56
  • Spain55
  • Italy39
  • Romania32
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 13Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 56Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 82Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4
Greece21 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 39Against 0Abstain 35Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 24Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 24Against 0Abstain 27Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 55Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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