← Votes·2023-05-09

Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive

Internal Market64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "services directive"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154631Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (543 for, 40 against, 40 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

543

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

503 votes

Turnout (cast)

623

Absent

Participation rate

88.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 0Abstain 2Absent 22

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 87Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 44Against 10Abstain 5Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 21Against 14Abstain 21Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 19Against 10Abstain 8Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 28Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
Italy65
France51
Spain49
Poland48

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 20Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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