← Votes·2023-10-03

European Media Freedom Act

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 158554Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “European Media Freedom Act”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (448 for, 102 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

448

Against

102

Abstain

Margin of victory

346 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 0Abstain 3Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 56Against 7Abstain 3Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 25Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 3Against 37Abstain 18Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 7Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 16Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
France52
Spain41
Romania30
Netherlands18

Most against

Poland23
Hungary11

Divided delegations

Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 21Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 13Abstain 6Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 37Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 7Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 23Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 5Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs