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Separate vote: paragraph 3

Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung

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Separate vote: paragraph 3
Result
517 for · 8 against · 31 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
17 September 2026, 13:11
More facts (6)
Position
vote 1 of 7 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: The Left
Official label
RC-B10-0398/2026 – § 3
Vote id
197235
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 517 for, 8 against, 31 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 93 % of the votes cast were for.

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 26Against 0Abst. 3No vote 15 of 44Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.84
GreensFor 45Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 106Against 0Abst. 0No vote 29 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 61Against 0Abst. 0No vote 17 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 147Against 1Abst. 0No vote 36 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 66Against 1Abst. 1No vote 16 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 48Against 0Abst. 10No vote 26 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.74
ESNFor 13Against 0Abst. 9No vote 5 of 27Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.39
No groupFor 5Against 6Abst. 8No vote 9 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

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CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria102
Germany902
France100
Hungary100
Italy100
Lithuania001
Poland002
Slovakia002

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Separate vote: paragraph 3 — Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung”. Vote, 17 September 2026. votingId 197235, reference 2026/2873(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-17/197235 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-17/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-vote-2026-09-17-197235,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Separate vote: paragraph 3 — Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-17/197235}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-17/197235},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 197235, reference 2026/2873(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}