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Decision

Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse

Effect
Negotiating mandate approved
Result
496 for · 111 against · 22 abstained roll call
Date
7 February 2024, 12:52
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Counts are for
the decision to open negotiations with the Council
Dossier
2023-0452
Source
Committee report by Birgit Sippel
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call)
Final vote
164216
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 496 for, 111 against, 22 abstained (roll call).

Negotiating mandate approved.

Parliament let its committee open negotiations with the Council on the basis of the committee’s report.

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

Groups

Members counted in their current group: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

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.
GroupForAgainstAbst.Majority lineClear lineBar
The LeftFor 2Against 6Abst. 2Majority line AgainstClear line Divided
GreensFor 5Against 22Abst. 1Majority line AgainstClear line Against
S&DFor 61Against 1Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 32Against 7Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 88Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 24Against 3Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 24Against 1Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
ESNFor 0Against 0Abst. 2Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained
No groupFor 2Against 4Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against

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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Debate speakers and how they voted

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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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote A9-0021/2024 – Birgit Sippel – Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations Roll call496 for, 111 against, 22 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Greens.

Text

The text voted on.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0452(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 May 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 15 January 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 31 January 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 1 February 2024 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 4 March 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 14 May 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Birgit SIPPEL (S&D)

Connections

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse”. Decision, 7 February 2024. votingId 164216, document A-9-2024-0021, reference 2023-0452. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-02-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-02-07-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-02-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 164216, document A-9-2024-0021, reference 2023-0452. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}