← Votes·2023-07-11

Protection of journalists and human rights defenders from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings

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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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 156827Source: 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+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 “Protection of journalists and human rights defenders from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings”. 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 (498 for, 33 against, 105 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

498

Against

Abstain

105

Margin of victory

465 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

90.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 4Abstain 2Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 1Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 88Against 1Abstain 5Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 41Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 48Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 11Abstain 5Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
France60
Spain44
Italy38
Romania27

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 13Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 7Abstain 7Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 28Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 5Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 23Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 2Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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