← Votes·2024-01-17

Cultural diversity and the conditions for authors in the European music streaming market

Vote ID 162986Source: 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+0 / 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 “Cultural diversity and the conditions for authors in the European music streaming market”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (532 for, 61 against, 33 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

532

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

471 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

88.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 7Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 3Abstain 6Absent 2

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 58Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 44Against 8Abstain 4Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 4Against 34Abstain 16Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 32Against 2Abstain 4Absent 8

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France71
Germany67
Italy56
Spain52
Romania26

Most against

Sweden12

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Poland
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 11Abstain 6Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 10Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 18Abstain 4Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

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