Procedure

European Media Freedom Act

2022/0277(COD)·9th term·CULT / IMCO / LIBE·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: Internal market, single market · Audiovisual industry and services · Television, cable, digital, mobile · Radiocommunications, broadcasting · Press, media freedom and pluralism

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): VERHEYEN Sabine (EPP)

Summary

The European Media Freedom Act is an ordinary legislative procedure, meaning Parliament and the Council of the EU decide together and the result is binding EU law. It was handled by the Culture and Education and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committees, in the areas of the internal market, audiovisual services and media freedom and pluralism. The tabled amendments concern an independent secretariat and bureau supporting the Board, its tasks under this Regulation and Directive 2010/13/EU, the treatment of video-sharing and online platforms under Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, a broad definition of state advertising, protection of journalists and public service media, audience measurement, and the role of national regulatory authorities and ERGA. It shares subjects such as media freedom with related files including "Media concentration and pluralism in the EU".

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
13 Apr 2023 – 9 May 2023
Plenary vote — Passed
3 Oct 2023 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Plenary vote — Adopted
13 Mar 2024 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 332
Procedure completed

2,586

Amendments

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Members

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Committee(s)

13 Apr 2023 – 9 May 2023

Dates

Plenary votes

39 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Where each group stood at the decisive votes

Group			Shift
EPP	For99%	For98%	consistent
S&D	For99%	For96%	consistent
Renew	For96%	For88%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For85%	For98%	consistent
ECR	Against60%	Against58%	consistent
The Left	Abstained53%	For66%	Abstained → For
ID	Against62%	Against68%	consistent
Non-attached	Against56%	Against44%	consistent

Milestones are the votes that adopt or reject text (not every amendment vote) — the percentage is the share of the group’s Members behind that position. Click a column heading to open the vote below.

Show the 27 earlier votes
1. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 297 (part 2 of a split vote) — paragraph 1 — article 3
  Official label: Article 3, § 1 - Am 297/2 · what was voted ↗
  123 for484 against15 abstentions83 did not vote
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2. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 297 (part 3 of a split vote) — paragraph 1 — article 3
  Official label: Article 3, § 1 - Am 297/3 · what was voted ↗
  134 for484 against6 abstentions81 did not vote
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3. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 298 — paragraph 2 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, § 2, partie introductive - Am 298 · what was voted ↗
  154 for460 against8 abstentions83 did not vote
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4. 3 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 108 (part 1 of a split vote) — paragraph 2 — point b — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, § 2, point b - Am 108/1 · what was voted ↗
  584 for9 against24 abstentions88 did not vote
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5. 3 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 108 (part 2 of a split vote) — paragraph 2 — point b — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, § 2, point b - Am 108/2 · what was voted ↗
  497 for84 against42 abstentions82 did not vote
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6. 3 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 110 (part 1 of a split vote) — paragraph 2 — point c — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, § 2, point c - Am 110/1 · what was voted ↗
  582 for22 against16 abstentions85 did not vote
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7. 3 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 110 (part 2 of a split vote) — paragraph 2 — point c — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, § 2, point c - Am 110/2 · what was voted ↗
  561 for37 against20 abstentions87 did not vote
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8. 3 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 114 (part 1 of a split vote) — text to be inserted after paragraph 2 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, après le § 2 - Am 114/1 · what was voted ↗
  510 for76 against31 abstentions88 did not vote
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9. 3 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 114 (part 2 of a split vote) — text to be inserted after paragraph 2 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, après le § 2 - Am 114/2 · what was voted ↗
  421 for169 against31 abstentions84 did not vote
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10. 3 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 115 — text to be inserted after paragraph 2 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, après le § 2 - Am 115 · what was voted ↗
  384 for212 against28 abstentions81 did not vote
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11. 3 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 116 — text to be inserted after paragraph 2 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, après le § 2 - Am 116 · what was voted ↗
  469 for133 against19 abstentions84 did not vote
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12. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 301 — text to be inserted after paragraph 2 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, après le § 2 - Am 301 · what was voted ↗
  168 for434 against16 abstentions87 did not vote
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13. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 308 — paragraph 1 — point b — article 6
  Official label: Article 6, § 1, point b - Am 308 · what was voted ↗
  79 for539 against4 abstentions83 did not vote
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14. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 309 — paragraph 2 — point b — article 6
  Official label: Article 6, § 2, après le point b - Am 309 · what was voted ↗
  131 for472 against15 abstentions87 did not vote
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15. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 311S
  Official label: Chapitre III - section 2 - Am 311S · what was voted ↗
  104 for506 against8 abstentions87 did not vote
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16. 3 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 150
  Official label: Chapitre III - section 2 - Am 150 · what was voted ↗
  386 for200 against36 abstentions83 did not vote
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17. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 319S — article 17
  Official label: Article 17 - Am 319S rev · what was voted ↗
  158 for447 against19 abstentions81 did not vote
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18. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On the title — amendment 320 — article 19
  Official label: Article 19, titre - Am 320=328= · what was voted ↗
  215 for390 against19 abstentions81 did not vote
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19. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 321 — paragraph 1 — article 19
  Official label: Article 19, § 1 - Am 321=329= · what was voted ↗
  190 for410 against22 abstentions83 did not vote
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20. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 330 — article 22
  Official label: Après l'article 22 - Am 330 rev & 331 · what was voted ↗
  184 for409 against24 abstentions88 did not vote
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21. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 303 — text to be inserted after recital 1
  Official label: Après le considérant 1 - Am 303 · what was voted ↗
  132 for465 against19 abstentions89 did not vote
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22. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 302 — recital 11
  Official label: Considérant 11 - Am 302 · what was voted ↗
  180 for428 against12 abstentions85 did not vote
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23. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 313 — text to be inserted after recital 16
  Official label: Après le considérant 16 - Am 313=322= · what was voted ↗
  258 for323 against38 abstentions86 did not vote
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24. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 314 — text to be inserted after recital 16
  Official label: Après le considérant 16 - Am 314=323= · what was voted ↗
  272 for327 against20 abstentions86 did not vote
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25. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 304 — recital 18
  Official label: Considérant 18 - Am 304 · what was voted ↗
  124 for487 against8 abstentions86 did not vote
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26. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 315S — recital 31
  Official label: Considérant 31 - Am 315S · what was voted ↗
  137 for477 against7 abstentions84 did not vote
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27. 3 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 316 — text to be inserted after recital 37
  Official label: Après le considérant 37 - Am 316 · what was voted ↗
  141 for416 against66 abstentions82 did not vote
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3 Oct 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
448 for102 against75 abstentions80 did not vote
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13 Mar 2024Rejected
On a procedural request to put the amendments to a vote
Official label: Demande de mettre aux voix les amendements au projet d'acte législatif · what was voted ↗
56 for535 against18 abstentions96 did not vote
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13 Mar 2024Main voteAdopted
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 332
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 332 · what was voted ↗
464 for92 against65 abstentions84 did not vote
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Showing the 30 most relevant of 39 recorded votes — the full list ships with the data files. · Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

European Media Freedom Act

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Where each group stood at the decisive votes

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