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Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse
Urgent procedure agreed
Parliament agreed to deal with the proposal by urgent procedure, without a committee report first; the vote on the text itself comes later.
On the request for urgent procedure:
- For
- 331
- Against
- 304
- Abstained
- 11
roll-call vote at 13:29 · 51% of votes cast were for the request for urgent procedure
Parliament’s vote on the Council’s position on a proposed law, after the first reading.
How the groups voted
For: EPP; Against: The Left, Greens, ECR, ESN; Divided: S&D, Renew, Patriots
- The Left Against 0 for, 29 against, 1 abstainedof 45
- Greens Against 0 for, 49 against, 0 abstainedof 53
- S&D Divided 80 for, 39 against, 5 abstainedof 135
- Renew Divided 28 for, 46 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 172 for, 1 against, 2 abstainedof 185
- ECR Against 17 for, 52 against, 2 abstainedof 82
- Patriots Divided 34 for, 35 against, 1 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 25 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 0 for, 28 against, 0 abstainedof 29
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
23 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (29 of 30). Abstained: 1
Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus)
EPP voted for (172 of 175). Against: 1, Abstained: 2
Aura Salla (Finland, abstained), Csaba Bogdán (Hungary, abstained), Milan Zver (Slovenia, against)
ECR voted against (52 of 71). For: 17, Abstained: 2
Adam Bielan (Poland, for), Adrian-George Axinia (Romania, for), Anna Zalewska (Poland, for), Assita Kanko (Belgium, for), Bert-Jan Ruissen (Netherlands, for)
14 more from ECR
Bogdan Rzońca (Poland, for), Geadis Geadi (Cyprus, for), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania, for), Jadwiga Wiśniewska (Poland, for), Joachim Stanisław Brudziński (Poland, for), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium, for), Kosma Złotowski (Poland, for), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, for), Maciej Wąsik (Poland, abstained), Małgorzata Gosiewska (Poland, for), Mariusz Kamiński (Poland, for), Marlena Maląg (Poland, for), Patryk Jaki (Poland, for), Waldemar Tomaszewski (Lithuania, abstained)
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