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Check their Vote on the EU Copyright Directive

The directory below lists the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) of your country and how they voted during the crucial European Parliament Plenary session vote on the new EU Copyright Directive on 26 March, 2019. Jump to the results below.

Please note that several MEPs ended-up ‘correcting’ their vote afterwards. MEPs can ‘correct’ their vote in the official records up to 2-weeks after the vote, in order to indicate that they had the intention of voting differently than they did. These votes are marked as ‘CORRECTED’ in the directory below. These corrections do not change the actual vote results.

A short explainer of how MEPs’ voting behaviour is categorised:

Vote on Possibility to Change the Final Text: This column reflects how MEPs voted on the possibility to change the final text (= opening the vote on Amendments). If enough MEPs would have voted FOR, then they would have had the possibility to vote on Amendments to remove (= delete) both upload filters (Article 17, ex Art. 13) and the link tax (Article 15, ex Art. 11) from the final text of the new EU Copyright Directive, before voting on the (updated) text itself. MEPs’ voting behaviour is displayed as follows:

  • FOR [= MEPs who voted ‘FOR’ the possibility to change the final text, allowing MEPs to vote on Amendments to remove (= delete) Articles 15 & 17 (ex Art. 11 & 13)]
  • FOR – CORRECTED [= MEPs who intended to vote ‘FOR’ – see above – but voted differently on 26 March]
  • AGAINST [= MEPs who voted ‘AGAINST’ the possibility to change the final text, allowing MEPs to vote on Amendments to remove (= delete) Articles 15 & 17 (ex Art. 11 & 13)]
  • AGAINST – CORRECTED [= MEPs who intended to vote ‘AGAINST’ – see above – but voted differently on 26 March]
  • ABSTAINED [= MEPs who decided to not vote in favour or against the possibility to change the final text]
  • ABSTAINED – CORRECTED [= MEPs who intended to ‘ABSTAIN’ from voting – see above – but voted differently on 26 March]
  • NOT PRESENT [= MEPs who were not present for this vote]

Final Vote on Copyright Directive: This column reflects how MEPs voted on the final text of the new EU Copyright Directive. The final text included both upload filters (Article 17, ex Art 13) and the link tax (Article 15, ex Art. 11), since the previous vote dismissed the possibility of considering amendments that proposed the deletion of these two toxic articles. The version voted on was the provisional trilogue agreement text on which the European Parliament and Council [aka EU Member States] reached an agreement on 13 February. MEPs’ voting behaviour is displayed as follows:

  • FOR [= MEPs who voted ‘FOR’ the final text of the Copyright Directive, including Articles 15 & 17 (ex Art. 11 & 13)]
  • FOR – CORRECTED [= MEPs who intended to vote ‘FOR’ – see above – but voted differently on 26 March]
  • AGAINST [= MEPs who voted ‘AGAINST’ the final text of the Copyright Directive, including Articles 15 & 17 (ex Art. 11 & 13)]
  • AGAINST – CORRECTED [= MEPs who intended to vote ‘AGAINST’ – see above – but voted differently on 26 March]
  • ABSTAINED [= MEPs who decided to not vote in favour or against the Copyright Directive]
  • ABSTAINED – CORRECTED [= MEPs who intended to ‘ABSTAIN’ from voting – see above – but voted differently on 26 March]
  • NOT PRESENT [= MEPs who were not present for this vote]

Over 130 MEPs from across the EU pledged in advance to vote in favour of deleting Article 17 (ex Art. 13) and against the final text of the new EU Copyright Directive if Article 17 (ex Art. 13) would remain in it. Check who pledged and how they voted here:

Pledge2019.eu

If you want to check out a more in-depth overview of MEPs’ voting behaviour, covering all EU Member States, please see our spreadsheet in Excel format (with graphics) or in OpenDocument format (without graphics). The official voting records provided by the European Parliament can be found here, see pp. 50-51 for the procedural vote on the possibility to change the final text and pp. 52-53 for the final vote on the Copyright Directive.

Don’t forget to follow @FixIt_EU for updates on copyright & to follow @edri for more general updates on digital and fundamental rights issues.

How Your MEPs Voted on the EU Copyright Directive

PhotoNamePolitical GroupNational PartyVote on Possibility to
Change the Final Text
[= Opening the Vote on
Amendments to Delete
Art. 17 (ex Art. 13)]		Final Vote on
Copyright Directive
[= Vote on Text Including
Art. 17 (ex Art. 13)]		Links
Michèle Alliot-MarieEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Eric AndrieuS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Marie-Christine ArnautuENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Jean ArthuisALDE
UDI
AGAINST
FOR
Guillaume BalasS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Nicolas BayENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Pervenche BerèsS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Joëlle BergeronEFDD
Sans étiquette
AGAINST
FOR
Dominique BildeENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Christine Revault d’Allonnes BonnefoyS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Marie-Christine BoutonnetENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
José BovéGreens/EFA
EELV
AGAINST
FOR
Steeve BrioisENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Alain CadecEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Jean-Marie CavadaALDE
GC
AGAINST
FOR
Aymeric ChaupradeEFDD
Les Français Libres
FOR
FOR
Jacques ColombierENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Thierry CornilletALDE
Rad
AGAINST
FOR
Mireille d’OrnanoEFDD
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Arnaud DanjeanEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Michel DantinEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Rachida DatiEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Angélique DelahayeEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Karima DelliGreens/EFA
EELV
FOR - CORRECTED
ABSTAINED
Geoffroy DidierEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Pascal DurandGreens/EFA
EELV
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Sylvie GoddynENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Bruno GollnischNon-attached
RN
FOR
FOR
Nathalie GriesbeckALDE
MoDem
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Françoise GrossetêteEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Sylvie GuillaumeS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Brice HortefeuxEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Patrick Le HyaricGUE/NGL
FDG
AGAINST
FOR
Yannick JadotGreens/EFA
EELV
ABSTAINED
ABSTAINED
Jean-François JalkhENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
France JametENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Eva JolyGreens/EFA
EELV
FOR - CORRECTED
ABSTAINED
Marc JoulaudEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Philippe JuvinEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Patricia LalondeALDE
UDI
AGAINST
FOR
Alain LamassoureEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Jérôme LavrilleuxEPP
Sans étiquette
AGAINST
FOR
Gilles LebretonENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Christelle LechevalierENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Philippe LoiseauENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Louis-Joseph ManscourS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Dominique MartinENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Edouard MartinS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Emmanuel MaurelS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Karine Gloanec MaurinS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Joëlle MélinENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Bernard MonotEFDD
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Sophie MontelEFDD
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Nadine MoranoEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Elisabeth Morin-ChartierEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Renaud MuselierEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Younous OmarjeeGUE/NGL
UOM
FOR
AGAINST
Gilles PargneauxS&D
PS
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Vincent PeillonS&D
PS
AGAINST
FOR
Jean-Marie Le PenNon-attached
RN
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Florian PhilippotEFDD
RN
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Maurice PongaEPP
LR
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Franck ProustEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Dominique RiquetALDE
UDI
AGAINST
FOR
Michèle RivasiGreens/EFA
EELV
ABSTAINED - CORRECTED
ABSTAINED
Robert RochefortALDE
MoDem
AGAINST
FOR
Virginie RozièreS&D
PRG
AGAINST
FOR
Tokia SaïfiEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Anne SanderEPP
LR
AGAINST
FOR
Jean-Luc SchaffhauserENF
RBM
AGAINST
FOR
Isabelle ThomasS&D
PS
FOR
FOR
Mylène TroszczynskiENF
RN
AGAINST
FOR
Marie-Christine VergiatGUE/NGL
FDG
FOR
AGAINST
Marie-Pierre VieuGUE/NGL
FDG
AGAINST
FOR
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