Decision

European Media Freedom Act

Effect: Passed
Result: 464 for · 92 against · 65 abstained roll call
Date: 13 March 2024, 12:13
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

More facts (8)

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0264
Dossier: 2022-0277
Source: Committee report by Sabine Verheyen
Votes: 8 votes · 6 roll calls
Requested by: The Left (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 13 March 2024
Final vote: 166183

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0264
Dossier: 2022-0277
Source: Committee report by Sabine Verheyen
Votes: 8 votes · 6 roll calls
Requested by: The Left (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 13 March 2024
Final vote: 166183

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

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

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 parts of the text voted on separately (4 lapsed).

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

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.
Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 10	Against 0	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 26	Against 1	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 63	Against 0	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 31	Against 0	Abst. 5	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 86	Against 2	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 5	Against 13	Abst. 8	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 0	Against 20	Abst. 5	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
ESN	For 0	Against 4	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 3	Against 3	Abst. 0	Majority line Tie	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

The final vote by national delegation.

The breakdown by country is not available right now.

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

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All votes on this decision, 8

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
1	Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act A9-0264/2023 – Sabine Verheyen – Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act	Roll call	56 for, 535 against, 18 abstained Rejected
2	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0264/2023 – Sabine Verheyen – Provisional agreement – Am 332	Roll call	464 for, 92 against, 65 abstained Adopted
3	Final vote Text as a whole	Show of hands	Lapsed

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0264/2023 – Sabine Verheyen – Provisional agreement – Am 332	Roll call	464 for, 92 against, 65 abstained Adopted
3	Final vote Text as a whole	Show of hands	Lapsed

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
4	Separate vote on Article 4, paragraph 2, point c	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
5	Separate vote on Article 4, paragraph 2, point c	Show of hands	Lapsed
6	Vote on text inserted after Article 4	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
7	Vote on text inserted after recital 16	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
8	Final vote Commission proposal	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Roll call requested by The Left.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0264

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0277(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 17 April 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 17 October 2022 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 7 September 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 12 September 2023 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 24 January 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 13 March 2024 (done)
Published as law · 17 April 2024 (done)

Lead committee: CULT · Rapporteur: Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-13/1
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 13 March 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 13 March 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-13
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “European Media Freedom Act”. Decision, 13 March 2024. votingId 166183, document A-9-2023-0264, reference 2022-0277. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-13/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 13 March 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-13-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 13 March 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-13-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-13, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-03-13/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-03-13-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European Media Freedom Act}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-03-13},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-13/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-13/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166183, document A-9-2023-0264, reference 2022-0277. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-13-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-13-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-13 (CC BY 4.0)}
}