Decision

Virtual worlds – opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market

Effect: Adopted
Result: 484 for · 45 against · 98 abstained roll call
Date: 17 January 2024, 12:51
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0397
Dossier: 2022-2198
Source: Committee report by Pablo Arias Echeverría
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 17 January 2024
Final vote: 163060

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0397
Dossier: 2022-2198
Source: Committee report by Pablo Arias Echeverría
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 17 January 2024
Final vote: 163060

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Members on the final vote

Result

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Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR; Patriots and ESN mostly abstained.

Groups

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Members’ votes by their current group. Majority: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group’s votes, otherwise Divided.
Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 9	Against 1	Abst. 3	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 24	Against 1	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 60	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 40	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 85	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 1	Against 13	Abst. 11	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 7	Against 0	Abst. 22	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained
ESN	For 0	Against 0	Abst. 4	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained
No group	For 3	Against 2	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line Divided

Voted against their group, 0

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast) of their group — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

Countries

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Members

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All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote on the motion for a resolution A9-0397/2023 – Pablo Arias Echeverría – Motion for a resolution	Roll call	484 for, 45 against, 98 abstained Adopted

Text

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Report A-9-2023-0397

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/18
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-17
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Virtual worlds – opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market”. Decision, 17 January 2024. votingId 163060, document A-9-2023-0397, reference 2022-2198. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/18 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-01-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-01-17-18,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Virtual worlds – opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-01-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/18}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/18},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 163060, document A-9-2023-0397, reference 2022-2198. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}