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Recital L — part 2

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

Vote
Recital L — part 2
Decision
No. 10 of the sitting of 22 Jan 2026
Result
328 for · 237 against · 33 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
22 January 2026, 12:19
More facts (6)
Position
vote 23 of 44 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Renew · split vote: S&D
Official label
RC-B10-0070/2026 – Recital L/2
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0075
Dossier
2026/2568(RSP)
Vote id
184048
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Result

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Result: 328 for, 237 against, 33 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 55 % 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 37Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 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 14Against 94Abst. 0No vote 28 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.81
RenewFor 60Against 0Abst. 0No vote 15 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 159Against 0Abst. 1No vote 27 of 187Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 4Against 53Abst. 3No vote 19 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.82
PatriotsFor 1Against 65Abst. 11No vote 9 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.77
ESNFor 1Against 21Abst. 2No vote 3 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.81
No groupFor 4Against 4Abst. 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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The Left members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium100
Cyprus100
Germany300
Denmark100
Spain300
Finland200
France900
Greece300
Ireland200
Italy900
Portugal100
Sweden200

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No vote recorded, 121

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European Parliament (2026). “Recital L — part 2 — Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania”. Vote, 22 January 2026. votingId 184048, reference 2026/2568(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184048 (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-2026-01-22-184048,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital L — 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/2026-01-22/184048}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184048},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 184048, 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)}
}