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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
Final vote on the whole text
Decision
No. 1 of the sitting of 17 Sept 2026
Result
459 for · 12 against · 86 abstained Adopted · roll call
Date
17 September 2026, 13:11
More facts (7)
Effect
Adopted — this vote decided the decision
Position
vote 2 of 7 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: Renew
Official label
RC-B10-0398/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0407
Dossier
2026/2873(RSP)
Vote id
197236
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Result

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Result: 459 for, 12 against, 86 abstained (roll call).

Adopted · 82 % of the votes cast were for.

This was the final vote on the decision: Adopted.

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 8Against 1Abst. 19No vote 16 of 44Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.52
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 62Against 0Abst. 0No vote 16 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 146Against 1Abst. 1No vote 36 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 64Against 0Abst. 4No vote 16 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
PatriotsFor 22Against 0Abst. 36No vote 26 of 84Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.43
ESNFor 2Against 2Abst. 19No vote 4 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.74
No groupFor 4Against 8Abst. 7No vote 9 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

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Patriots members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Austria006
Belgium300
Czechia400
Denmark001
Spain600
France0025
Greece100
Italy500
Netherlands004
Poland200
Portugal100

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The minority on this vote was under 10 % of the votes cast — too small to compare how it split the chamber.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-17/197236
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25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Final vote on the whole text — 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 197236, reference 2026/2873(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-17/197236 (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-2026-09-17-197236,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Final vote on the whole text — 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/2026-09-17/197236}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-09-17/197236},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 197236, 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)}
}