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Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms

2020/2009(INI)·9th term·CULT / LIBE·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Fundamental rights in the EU, Charter · Press, media freedom and pluralism · Ethical information policy · International information networks and society, internet · Equal treatment of persons, non-discrimination
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): ADAMOWICZ Magdalena (EPP)
Summary

An own-initiative report on strengthening media freedom, the protection of journalists, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms. The amendments call for a strategy on media and information literacy, fighting disinformation and fake news, transparency of media ownership and funding, support for independent journalism and pluralism, warnings against concentration of media ownership, and the role of the European Digital Media Observatory and AVMSD.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    6 May 2020 – 7 Jul 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    25 Nov 2020 · On the resolution (the text as a whole)
  3. Procedure completed
366
Amendments
distinct, in window
78
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
6 May 2020 – 7 Jul 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

2 roll-call votes

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  1. 24 Nov 2020Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 1
    Official label: Am 1 · what was voted ↗
    98 for594 against6 abstentions7 did not vote
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  2. 25 Nov 2020Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the resolution (the text as a whole)
    Official label: Résolution · what was voted ↗
    553 for54 against89 abstentions9 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE650.615 ↗PE654.073 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

78 Members · by amendment count
1🇸🇪
Alice KUHNKE
Greens / EFA · Sweden
62(62 solo)
2🇲🇹
Roberta METSOLA
European People's Party (EPP) · Malta
41
3🇵🇱
Magdalena ADAMOWICZ
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
40
4🇸🇰
Vladimír BILČÍK
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovakia
37(1 solo)
5🇷🇴
Ramona STRUGARIU
Renew Europe · Romania
36
6🇸🇰
Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ
Renew Europe · Slovakia
31(17 solo)
7🇵🇱
Sylwia SPUREK
Greens / EFA · Poland
28
8🇮🇪
Maria WALSH
European People's Party (EPP) · Ireland
27(5 solo)
9🇪🇸
Javier ZARZALEJOS
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
26(6 solo)
10🇧🇬
Elena YONCHEVA
Socialists & Democrats · Bulgaria
25
11🇬🇷
Konstantinos ARVANITIS
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Greece
25(25 solo)
12🇷🇴
Tudor CIUHODARU
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
24(6 solo)
13🇧🇪
Kris PEETERS
European People's Party (EPP) · Belgium
22(2 solo)
14🇸🇮
Irena JOVEVA
Renew Europe · Slovenia
20
15🇫🇷
Sylvie GUILLAUME
Socialists & Democrats · France
19
16🇱🇻
Dace MELBĀRDE
European People's Party (EPP) · Latvia
18(2 solo)
17🇩🇪
Birgit SIPPEL
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
18
18🇧🇬
Petar VITANOV
Socialists & Democrats · Bulgaria
18
19🇩🇪
Katarina BARLEY
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
18
20🇸🇪
Evin INCIR
Socialists & Democrats · Sweden
18
21🇪🇪
Jana TOOM
Renew Europe · Estonia
18(9 solo)
22🇭🇺
Klára DOBREV
Socialists & Democrats · Hungary
17(17 solo)
23🇩🇪
Daniel FREUND
Greens / EFA · Germany
14
24🇸🇰
Michal ŠIMEČKA
Renew Europe · Slovakia
14
25🇪🇸
Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA
Renew Europe · Spain
14

The amendments, in full text

366 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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