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Recital O — part 1

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

Vote
Recital O — part 1
Decision
No. 10 of the sitting of 22 Jan 2026
Result
426 for · 151 against · 31 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
22 January 2026, 12:20
More facts (6)
Position
vote 28 of 44 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Renew · split vote: S&D
Official label
RC-B10-0070/2026 – Recital O/1
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0075
Dossier
2026/2568(RSP)
Vote id
184053
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Result

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Result: 426 for, 151 against, 31 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 70 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘whereas these legislative initiatives were introduced and advanced under accelerated procedures, in the absence of objectively justified exceptional circumstances, thereby undermining transparency, inclusiveness and the meaningful participation of stakeholders and civil society, and falling short of EU and constitutional standards of responsible governance;’ and ‘significantly’”

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 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 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 62Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 160Against 0Abst. 0No vote 27 of 187Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 0Against 58Abst. 5No vote 16 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
PatriotsFor 0Against 65Abst. 12No vote 9 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.77
ESNFor 2Against 24Abst. 0No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 7Against 4Abst. 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.

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How each country’s members of each group voted.

EPP members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria500
Belgium300
Bulgaria400
Cyprus100
Czechia500
Germany3000
Denmark200
Estonia200
Spain2100
Finland400
France400
Greece200
Croatia600
Ireland400
Italy800
Lithuania300
Luxembourg200
Latvia200
Malta100
Netherlands400
Poland2100
Portugal600
Romania1000
Sweden500
Slovenia400
Slovakia100

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No vote recorded, 111

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European Parliament (2026). “Recital O — part 1 — Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania”. Vote, 22 January 2026. votingId 184053, reference 2026/2568(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184053 (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-2026-01-22-184053,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital O — 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/2026-01-22/184053}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184053},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 184053, 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)}
}