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Paragraph 11 — part 1

Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania

RC-B10-0070/2026 – § 11/1

Adopted

For
430
Against
157
Abstained
20

roll-call vote at 12:18 · 71% of votes cast in favour

Roll call requested by Renew · split vote by S&D

The part voted on: Text as a whole without the words: ‘to minimise political influence in the formation of the LRT Council, including by reducing the number of seats allocated to the appointees of political bodies and establishing adequate professional requirements for the Council members; calls, further, on the Seimas and the Lithuanian Government to refrain from adopting and to repeal already adopted legislative measures and budgetary frameworks that undermine the independence of LRT and’ and ‘those violating’

How the groups voted

A group’s line is the position at least two thirds of its voting MEPs took; otherwise it is shown as Divided. Groups from left to right.

GroupForAgainstAbstainedofLine
The Left380038For
Greens480048For
S&D10800108For
Renew630063For
EPP16002162For
ECR158362Against
Patriots069675Against
ESN024226Against
No group126725—

“of” = MEPs of the group who voted. Groups as they are now.

Every MEP

26 MEPs of 607 Clear filters

Alexander Jungbluth Germany · ESN
Against
Alexander Sell Germany · ESN
Against
Anja Arndt Germany · ESN
Against
Arno Bausemer Germany · ESN
Against
Christine Anderson Germany · ESN
Against
Against
Hans Neuhoff Germany · ESN
Against
Irmhild Bossdorf Germany · ESN
Against
Ivan David Czechia · ESN
Against
Marc Jongen Germany · ESN
Against
Marcin Sypniewski Poland · ESN
Against
Markus Buchheit Germany · ESN
Against
Mary Khan Germany · ESN
Against
Milan Mazurek Slovakia · ESN
Against
Milan Uhrík Slovakia · ESN
Against
Petar Volgin Bulgaria · ESN
Against
Petras Gražulis Lithuania · ESN
Against
Rada Laykova Bulgaria · ESN
Abstained voted against their group’s line
René Aust Germany · ESN
Against
Sarah Knafo France · ESN
Abstained voted against their group’s line
Siegbert Frank Droese Germany · ESN
Against
Stanislav Stoyanov Bulgaria · ESN
Against
Stanisław Tyszka Poland · ESN
Against
Tomasz Froelich Germany · ESN
Against
Volker Schnurrbusch Germany · ESN
Against
Zsuzsanna Borvendég Hungary · ESN
Against

“” = voted otherwise than a clear line (two thirds of its votes) of the group they sit in now. MEPs with no vote recorded are not listed.

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← The decision All 44 votes on it