← Votes·2023-07-11

The protection of journalists around the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter

Media Freedom65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "journalist"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 156755Source: 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: Media Freedom
✓Some political group division
✓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+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 “The protection of journalists around the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (583 for, 7 against, 48 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

583

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

576 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

90.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 166Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 7Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 29Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

NI46 MEPs

For 26Against 5Abstain 3Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany84
Italy66
France55
Poland48
Spain45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 2Abstain 17Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 84Against 1Abstain 8Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

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 22Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs