Recital P — part 2 · Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Adopted · 70 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “and explicitly indicating an intention to enable her removal from office; whereas legislation targeting a specific individual (<i>ad personam</i> legislation) is incompatible with the principles of the rule of law, including legal certainty, the generality of laws and the prohibition of the arbitrary exercise of power;”

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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 37	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 49	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 108	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 28 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 62	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 13 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 161	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 25 of 187	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
ECR	For 0	Against 62	Abst. 1	No vote 16 of 79	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.98
Patriots	For 0	Against 66	Abst. 12	No vote 8 of 86	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.77
ESN	For 2	Against 6	Abst. 17	No vote 2 of 27	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.52
No group	For 7	Against 6	Abst. 12	No vote 5 of 30	Majority 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.

Each cell: members of that country in that group who voted for – against – abstained (group at the date of the vote). Shading: the share of the cell's votes that were for; the stronger the shading, the more for (scale below). — : no member voted.
Country	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	No group
Austria	no member voted	2–0–0	5–0–0	1–0–0	5–0–0	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	2–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	3–0–0	4–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	2–0–1	2–0–0
Cyprus	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Czechia	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	0–2–0	0–2–6	0–1–0	0–0–2
Germany	2–0–0	15–0–0	11–0–0	5–0–0	30–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–13	1–0–7
Denmark	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	2–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	3–0–0	4–0–0	16–0–0	1–0–0	21–0–0	0–2–0	0–0–6	no member voted	no member voted
Finland	2–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	9–0–0	4–0–0	10–0–0	12–0–0	5–0–0	0–4–0	0–29–0	no member voted	1–0–0
Greece	3–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	1–1–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–9–0	0–0–1	no member voted
Ireland	2–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	6–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	9–0–0	4–0–0	18–0–0	no member voted	8–0–0	0–18–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	3–0–0	0–2–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0
Latvia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	0–2–1	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	no member voted	6–0–0	4–0–0	6–0–0	4–0–0	0–1–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	22–0–0	0–17–0	0–2–0	0–3–0	no member voted
Portugal	1–0–0	no member voted	8–0–0	1–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	6–0–0	3–0–0	10–0–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–1
Sweden	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	2–0–0	5–0–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	no member voted	1–0–0	2–0–0	3–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	5–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–0–2	0–4–2

Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %

ECR members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	Against	Abst.
Belgium	1	0
Bulgaria	1	0
Cyprus	1	0
Czechia	2	0
Denmark	1	0
Estonia	1	0
Spain	2	0
France	4	0
Greece	2	0
Croatia	1	0
Italy	18	0
Lithuania	2	0
Latvia	2	1
Netherlands	1	0
Poland	17	0
Romania	3	0
Sweden	3	0

Members

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No vote recorded, 110

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

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Name · group that day · country

Abir AL-SAHLANI group that day: Renew · Sweden
Adrian-George AXINIA group that day: ECR · Romania
Aldo PATRICIELLO group that day: Patriots · Italy
Alexandr VONDRA group that day: ECR · Czechia
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Alvise PÉREZ group that day: No group · Spain
András GYÜRK group that day: Patriots · Hungary
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
Andreas GLÜCK group that day: Renew · Germany
Anja HAZEKAMP group that day: The Left · Netherlands
Antonio DECARO group that day: S&D · Italy
António TÂNGER CORRÊA group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Assita KANKO group that day: ECR · Belgium
Aurore LALUCQ group that day: S&D · France
Bart GROOTHUIS group that day: Renew · Netherlands
Biljana BORZAN group that day: S&D · Croatia
Birgit SIPPEL group that day: S&D · Germany
Brando BENIFEI group that day: S&D · Italy
Chloé RIDEL group that day: S&D · France
Christian EHLER group that day: EPP · Germany
Costas MAVRIDES group that day: S&D · Cyprus
Cristian TERHEŞ group that day: ECR · Romania
Csaba MOLNÁR group that day: S&D · Hungary
Dan NICA group that day: S&D · Romania
Daniel OBAJTEK group that day: ECR · Poland
Dimitris TSIODRAS group that day: EPP · Greece
Dóra DÁVID group that day: EPP · Hungary
Dragoş BENEA group that day: S&D · Romania
Elena KOUNTOURA group that day: The Left · Greece
Eleonora MELETI group that day: EPP · Greece
Elio DI RUPO group that day: S&D · Belgium
Elisabetta GUALMINI group that day: S&D · Italy
Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI group that day: EPP · Greece
Engin EROGLU group that day: Renew · Germany
Eszter LAKOS group that day: EPP · Hungary
Eva MAYDELL group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Fredis BELERIS group that day: EPP · Greece
Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO group that day: EPP · Italy
Gabriella GERZSENYI group that day: EPP · Hungary
Georgios AFTIAS group that day: EPP · Greece
Gerolf ANNEMANS group that day: Patriots · Belgium
Gheorghe CÂRCIU group that day: S&D · Romania
Gheorghe PIPEREA group that day: ECR · Romania
Giuseppe MILAZZO group that day: ECR · Italy
Grzegorz BRAUN group that day: No group · Poland
Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER group that day: Renew · Austria
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI group that day: EPP · Poland
Javi LÓPEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Jessika VAN LEEUWEN group that day: EPP · Netherlands
Joachim STREIT group that day: Renew · Germany
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO group that day: Renew · Portugal
João OLIVEIRA group that day: The Left · Portugal
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT group that day: ECR · Belgium
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Klára DOBREV group that day: S&D · Hungary
Klara DOSTALOVA group that day: Patriots · Czechia
Kostas PAPADAKIS group that day: No group · Greece
Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA group that day: S&D · Spain
Laurent CASTILLO group that day: Patriots · France
Lefteris NIKOLAOU-ALAVANOS group that day: No group · Greece
Lídia PEREIRA group that day: EPP · Portugal
Lina GÁLVEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Loucas FOURLAS group that day: EPP · Cyprus
Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ group that day: Renew · Slovakia
Luke Ming FLANAGAN group that day: The Left · Ireland
Majdouline SBAI group that day: Greens · France
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA group that day: ECR · Poland
Marco SQUARTA group that day: ECR · Italy
Mario MANTOVANI group that day: ECR · Italy
Martin GÜNTHER group that day: The Left · Germany
Martin SCHIRDEWAN group that day: The Left · Germany
Merja KYLLÖNEN group that day: The Left · Finland
Michał KOBOSKO group that day: Renew · Poland
Mihai TUDOSE group that day: S&D · Romania
Milan ZVER group that day: EPP · Slovenia
Mimmo LUCANO group that day: The Left · Italy
Nicola PROCACCINI group that day: ECR · Italy
Niels FUGLSANG group that day: S&D · Denmark
Nora MEBAREK group that day: S&D · France
Olivier CHASTEL group that day: Renew · Belgium
Paolo INSELVINI group that day: ECR · Italy
Pär HOLMGREN group that day: Greens · Sweden
Pascal CANFIN group that day: Renew · France
Pernando BARRENA ARZA group that day: The Left · Spain
Peter AGIUS group that day: EPP · Malta
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Petr BYSTRON group that day: ESN · Germany
Radan KANEV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Ruggero RAZZA group that day: ECR · Italy
Sander SMIT group that day: EPP · Netherlands
Sarah KNAFO group that day: ESN · France
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN group that day: ECR · Finland
Sofie ERIKSSON group that day: S&D · Sweden
Sophie WILMÈS group that day: Renew · Belgium
Susanna CECCARDI group that day: Patriots · Italy
Thomas GEISEL group that day: No group · Germany
Tiemo WÖLKEN group that day: S&D · Germany
Tobias CREMER group that day: S&D · Germany
Tobiasz BOCHEŃSKI group that day: ECR · Poland
Tsvetelina PENKOVA group that day: S&D · Bulgaria
Victor NEGRESCU group that day: S&D · Romania
Viktória FERENC group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ group that day: S&D · Lithuania
Villy SØVNDAL group that day: Greens · Denmark
Vladimir PREBILIČ group that day: Greens · Slovenia
Yannis MANIATIS group that day: S&D · Greece
Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE group that day: Renew · Belgium
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

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The decision

Decision Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Resolution · motion for a resolution 22 Jan 2026 Adopted

Other votes on this decision

Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Separate vote on paragraph 4 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026
Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Paragraph 5 — part 1 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026
Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Paragraph 5 — part 2 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026
Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Separate vote on paragraph 6 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026
Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Separate vote on paragraph 7 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026
Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Separate vote on paragraph 8 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026
Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Separate vote on paragraph 9 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026
Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Paragraph 10 — part 1 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026
Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Paragraph 10 — part 2 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026
Vote Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania — Paragraph 11 — part 1 Roll-call vote · 22 Jan 2026 22 Jan 2026

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184057
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Recital P — part 2 — Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania”. Vote, 22 January 2026. votingId 184057, reference 2026/2568(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184057 (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-2026-01-22-184057,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Recital P — 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/2026-01-22/184057}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-01-22/184057},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 184057, 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)}
}