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Recital J — part 2

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

Vote
Recital J — part 2
Decision
No. 10 of the sitting of 22 Jan 2026
Result
327 for · 235 against · 42 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
22 January 2026, 12:18
More facts (6)
Position
vote 20 of 44 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Renew · split vote: S&D
Official label
RC-B10-0070/2026 – Recital J/2
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0075
Dossier
2026/2568(RSP)
Vote id
184044
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 327 for, 235 against, 42 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 54 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “those words”

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 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 8Against 97Abst. 0No vote 31 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.89
RenewFor 63Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 162Against 0Abst. 1No vote 24 of 187Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 3Against 56Abst. 3No vote 17 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.85
PatriotsFor 0Against 53Abst. 24No vote 9 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.53
ESNFor 0Against 25Abst. 1No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 7Against 4Abst. 13No vote 6 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
Cyprus010
Czechia020
Denmark100
Estonia010
Spain020
France040
Greece020
Croatia010
Italy0180
Lithuania020
Latvia003
Netherlands010
Poland0170
Romania030
Sweden210

Members

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No vote recorded, 115

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European Parliament (2026). “Recital J — part 2 — Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania”. Vote, 22 January 2026. votingId 184044, reference 2026/2568(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184044 (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-2026-01-22-184044,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital J — part 2 — 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/2026-01-22/184044}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184044},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 184044, 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)}
}