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Paragraph 11 — part 1

Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania

Vote
Paragraph 11 — part 1
Decision
No. 10 of the sitting of 22 Jan 2026
Result
430 for · 157 against · 20 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
22 January 2026, 12:18
More facts (6)
Position
vote 15 of 44 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Renew · split vote: S&D
Official label
RC-B10-0070/2026 – § 11/1
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0075
Dossier
2026/2568(RSP)
Vote id
184040
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Result

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Result: 430 for, 157 against, 20 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 71 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘to minimise political influence in the formation of the LRT Council, including by reducing the number of seats allocated to the appointees of political bodies and establishing adequate professional requirements for the Council members; calls, further, on the Seimas and the Lithuanian Government to refrain from adopting and to repeal already adopted legislative measures and budgetary frameworks that undermine the independence of LRT and’ and ‘those violating’”

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 38Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 48Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 108Against 0Abst. 0No vote 28 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 63Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 160Against 0Abst. 2No vote 25 of 187Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 1Against 58Abst. 3No vote 17 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.90
PatriotsFor 0Against 69Abst. 6No vote 11 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
ESNFor 0Against 24Abst. 2No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 12Against 6Abst. 7No vote 5 of 30Majority 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, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

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How each country’s members of each group voted.

ESN members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria021
Czechia010
Germany0140
France001
Hungary010
Lithuania010
Poland030
Slovakia020

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European Parliament (2026). “Paragraph 11 — part 1 — Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania”. Vote, 22 January 2026. votingId 184040, reference 2026/2568(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184040 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-01-22/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2026-01-22-184040,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 11 — part 1 — Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184040}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184040},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 184040, reference 2026/2568(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}