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Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse

Effect
Urgent procedure agreed
Result
331 for · 304 against · 11 abstained roll call
Date
7 July 2026, 13:29
Kind
New EU law · 2nd reading
More facts (7)
Margin
narrowly
Counts are for
the request for urgent procedure
Topics
Digital, AI & dataJustice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by
EPP (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Final vote
195338
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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.

Final vote: 331 for, 304 against, 11 abstained (roll call).

Urgent procedure agreed.

Parliament agreed to deal with the proposal by urgent procedure, without a committee report first; the vote on the text itself comes later.

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

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 0Against 29Abst. 1No vote 15 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.95
GreensFor 0Against 49Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 80Against 39Abst. 5No vote 11 of 135Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.47
RenewFor 28Against 46Abst. 0No vote 4 of 78Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.43
EPPFor 172Against 1Abst. 2No vote 10 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
ECRFor 17Against 52Abst. 2No vote 11 of 82Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.60
PatriotsFor 34Against 35Abst. 1No vote 15 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.25
ESNFor 0Against 25Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 0Against 28Abst. 0No vote 1 of 29Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 23

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria910010.29
Belgium1111000.25
Bulgaria510020.50
Cyprus4110—
Czechia115140.47
Germany3058440.45
Denmark69000.40
Estonia1501—
Spain4014060.61
Finland85110.36
France41200200.51
Greece119010.33
Croatia64020.40
Hungary161130.83
Ireland85010.42
Italy19431130.52
Lithuania55100.18
Luxembourg4200—
Latvia2700—
Malta2301—
Netherlands920020.53
Poland3614120.56
Portugal126030.50
Romania218040.59
Sweden1011000.29
Slovenia3501—
Slovakia113010.89

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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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
1Request for urgent procedure Final vote C10-0178/2026 – Request for an urgent decision Roll call331 for, 304 against, 11 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by EPP.

Text

The text voted on.

Parliament’s vote records link no text to this decision.

Connections

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

Show 10 connections: Running issue: Online safety of minors · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Online safety of minors

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/1
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse”. Decision, 7 July 2026. votingId 195338. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-07-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-07/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195338. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}