← Votes·2024-03-13

European Media Freedom Act ***I

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 166183Source: 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+10 / 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 “European Media Freedom Act ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (464 for, 92 against, 65 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

464

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

372 votes

Turnout (cast)

621

Absent

Participation rate

88.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 2Abstain 1Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 5Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 0Abstain 7Absent 13

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 9Against 32Abstain 16Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 19Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 15Abstain 7Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 8Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
France55
Spain45
Italy39
Romania25

Most against

Poland23

Divided delegations

Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 19Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 10Abstain 12Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 1Abstain 25Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 23Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 5Abstain 7Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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