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Recital J — part 1

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

Vote
Recital J — part 1
Decision
No. 10 of the sitting of 22 Jan 2026
Result
422 for · 107 against · 73 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
22 January 2026, 12:18
More facts (6)
Position
vote 19 of 44 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Renew · split vote: S&D
Official label
RC-B10-0070/2026 – Recital J/1
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0075
Dossier
2026/2568(RSP)
Vote id
184043
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 422 for, 107 against, 73 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 70 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘governing coalition’ (2nd occurrence)”

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 105Against 0Abst. 0No vote 31 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 161Against 0Abst. 1No vote 25 of 187Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 1Against 57Abst. 2No vote 19 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
PatriotsFor 0Against 20Abst. 55No vote 11 of 86Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.60
ESNFor 0Against 25Abst. 1No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 6Against 5Abst. 14No 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.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

ECR members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium010
Bulgaria010
Cyprus010
Czechia020
Denmark010
Estonia010
Spain020
France040
Greece020
Croatia010
Italy0170
Lithuania020
Latvia102
Netherlands010
Poland0150
Romania030
Sweden030

Members

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29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionFinal418 for, 207 against, 14 abstained Adopted For 65 %r · shared0.91 542 voters
23 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 9 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)Separate vote385 for, 178 against, 7 abstained Adopted For 68 %Requested by ESNr · shared0.91 502 voters
7 May 2025Paragraph 51 — part 2 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeSplit vote426 for, 192 against, 4 abstained Adopted For 68 %Requested by Patriotsr · shared0.91 523 voters

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184043
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Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Recital J — part 1 — Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania”. Vote, 22 January 2026. votingId 184043, reference 2026/2568(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184043 (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-2026-01-22-184043,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital J — 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/2026-01-22/184043}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184043},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 184043, 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)}
}