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Strengthening democracy, media freedom and pluralism in the EU

Media Freedom65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "media freedom"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 136957Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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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+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 democracy, media freedom and pluralism in the EU”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (444 for, 48 against, 75 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

444

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

396 votes

Turnout (cast)

567

Absent

138

Participation rate

80.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 138Against 0Abstain 6Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Renew101 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 29Absent 15

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 33Absent 13

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 4Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
France45
Spain42
Italy39
Romania29

Most against

Hungary9

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 45Against 17Abstain 3Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 7Abstain 1Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 29Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 18Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

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