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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
Michał BoniEPP
PO
FOR
AGAINST
Jerzy BuzekEPP
PO
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Ryszard CzarneckiECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Edward CzesakECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Anna Elżbieta FotygaECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Adam GierekS&D
UP
FOR
AGAINST
Beata GosiewskaECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Andrzej GrzybEPP
PSL
FOR
AGAINST
Krzysztof HetmanEPP
PSL
FOR
AGAINST
Czesław HocECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Róża Gräfin von Thun und HohensteinEPP
PO
FOR
AGAINST
Danuta Maria HübnerEPP
PO
FOR
FOR
Robert Jarosław IwaszkiewiczEFDD
Wolność
FOR
AGAINST
Danuta JazłowieckaEPP
PO
FOR
FOR - CORRECTED
Marek JurekECR
PR
FOR
AGAINST
Jarosław KalinowskiEPP
PSL
FOR
AGAINST
Karol KarskiECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Sławomir KłosowskiECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Agnieszka Kozłowska-RajewiczEPP
PO
FOR
FOR
Zdzisław KrasnodębskiECR
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Urszula KrupaECR
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Barbara KudryckaEPP
PO
AGAINST
FOR
Zbigniew KuźmiukECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Ryszard Antoni LegutkoECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Janusz LewandowskiEPP
PO
FOR
NOT PRESENT
Bogusław LiberadzkiS&D
SLD
ABSTAINED
ABSTAINED
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁukacijewskaEPP
PO
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Krystyna ŁybackaS&D
SLD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Michał MarusikENF
KNP
FOR
AGAINST
Lidia Joanna Geringer de OedenbergS&D
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Jan OlbrychtEPP
PO
FOR
NOT PRESENT
Stanisław OżógECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Bolesław G. PiechaECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Mirosław PiotrowskiECR
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Julia PiteraEPP
PO
AGAINST
FOR
Marek PluraEPP
PO
AGAINST - CORRECTED
AGAINST - CORRECTED
Tomasz Piotr PorębaECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Dariusz RosatiEPP
PO
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Jacek Saryusz-WolskiECR
PO
FOR
AGAINST
Czesław Adam SiekierskiEPP
PSL
FOR
AGAINST
Bogusław SonikEPP
PO
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Dobromir SośnierzNon-attached
Wolność
FOR
AGAINST
Adam SzejnfeldEPP
PO
FOR
AGAINST
Kazimierz Michał UjazdowskiNon-attached
Independent
ABSTAINED
ABSTAINED - CORRECTED
Jarosław WałęsaEPP
PO
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Jadwiga WiśniewskaECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Bogdan Andrzej ZdrojewskiEPP
PO
AGAINST
FOR
Janusz ZemkeS&D
SLD-UP
ABSTAINED
ABSTAINED
Kosma ZłotowskiECR
PiS
FOR
AGAINST
Stanisław ŻółtekENF
KNP
FOR
AGAINST
Tadeusz ZwiefkaEPP
PO
AGAINST
FOR
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