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Recital L — part 1

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

Vote
Recital L — part 1
Decision
No. 10 of the sitting of 22 Jan 2026
Result
425 for · 147 against · 37 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
22 January 2026, 12:19
More facts (6)
Position
vote 22 of 44 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Renew · split vote: S&D
Official label
RC-B10-0070/2026 – Recital L/1
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0075
Dossier
2026/2568(RSP)
Vote id
184047
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Result

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Result: 425 for, 147 against, 37 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 70 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘were substantiated and transparent, with some aspects that needed’ and ‘and did not recommend any changes to LRT’s funding model, governance structure or leadership, or ask for any political or institutional action in that regard; whereas after these findings of the National Audit Office, further actions followed, including overlapping inspections, requests addressed to other state bodies to verify LRT’s activities, and repeated public attacks against LRT’s management’”

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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 47Against 1Abst. 0No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 109Against 0Abst. 0No vote 27 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 62Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 160Against 1Abst. 1No vote 25 of 187Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 2Against 56Abst. 5No vote 16 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.83
PatriotsFor 1Against 64Abst. 13No vote 8 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.73
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 2No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 6Against 2Abst. 16No 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.

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No group members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria200
Cyprus100
Czechia002
Germany106
France100
Greece110
Luxembourg001
Romania011
Slovakia006

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European Parliament (2026). “Recital L — part 1 — Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania”. Vote, 22 January 2026. votingId 184047, reference 2026/2568(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184047 (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-2026-01-22-184047,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital L — 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/2026-01-22/184047}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184047},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 184047, 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)}
}