← Votes·2026-02-12

Targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretexts

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 185292Source: 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+4 / 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 “Targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretexts”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, PfE, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (502 for, 2 against, 59 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

502

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

500 votes

Turnout (cast)

563

Absent

156

Participation rate

78.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 144Against 0Abstain 0Absent 41

S&D135 MEPs

For 108Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

ECR82 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew78 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

PfE84 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 7Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 22Absent 13

The Left45 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 17Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 6Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
France52
Italy52
Spain43
Poland41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France81 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 10Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 9Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 3Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 5Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 7Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

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