Recital L — part 1
Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania
RC-B10-0070/2026 – Recital L/1
Adopted
- For
- 425
- Against
- 147
- Abstained
- 37
roll-call vote at 12:19 · 70% 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: ‘were substantiated and transparent, with some aspects that needed’ and ‘and did not recommend any changes to LRT’s funding model, governance structure or leadership, or ask for any political or institutional action in that regard; whereas after these findings of the National Audit Office, further actions followed, including overlapping inspections, requests addressed to other state bodies to verify LRT’s activities, and repeated public attacks against LRT’s management’
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.
| Group | For | Against | Abstained | of | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | For |
| Greens | 47 | 1 | 0 | 48 | For |
| S&D | 109 | 0 | 0 | 109 | For |
| Renew | 62 | 0 | 0 | 62 | For |
| EPP | 160 | 1 | 1 | 162 | For |
| ECR | 2 | 56 | 5 | 63 | Against |
| Patriots | 1 | 64 | 13 | 78 | Against |
| ESN | 0 | 23 | 2 | 25 | Against |
| No group | 6 | 2 | 16 | 24 | — |
“of” = MEPs of the group who voted. Groups as they are now.
Every MEP
24 MEPs of 609 Clear filters
“Votes in which an MEP voted differently from their group: on decision pages, against a line at least two thirds of the group took; in loyalty figures, against the position most of the group took.” = 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.