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EDRi’s German member @digitalcourage calls on @JuliaKloeckner, the German Agriculture Minister, to vote against the copyright Directive and prevent the Article 17 (ex Art. 13) upload filters, as she will represent Germany during the vote in the @EUCouncil, at the 15 April Agriculture and Fisheries meeting. Read the letter (in German). #SaveYourInternet

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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

Name	Political Group	National Party	Vote 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)]
Reimer Böge	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Elmar Brok	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Klaus Buchner	Greens/EFA	ÖDP	FOR	AGAINST
Udo Bullmann	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Reinhard Bütikofer	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	FOR	AGAINST
Daniel Caspary	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Birgit Collin-Langen	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Michael Cramer	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	NOT PRESENT	NOT PRESENT
Albert Dess	EPP	CSU	AGAINST	FOR
Michael Detjen	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Stefan Eck	GUE/NGL	Independent	FOR	AGAINST
Christian Ehler	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Cornelia Ernst	GUE/NGL	DIE LINKE.	FOR	AGAINST
Ismail Ertug	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Markus Ferber	EPP	CSU	NOT PRESENT	FOR
Knut Fleckenstein	S&D	SPD	FOR	ABSTAINED
Karl-Heinz Florenz	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Romeo Franz	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	FOR	AGAINST
Michael Gahler	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Evelyne Gebhardt	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Stefan Gehrold	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Jens Geier	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Arne Gericke	ECR	FW	NOT PRESENT	NOT PRESENT
Sven Giegold	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	FOR	AGAINST
Jens Gieseke	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Ingeborg Gräßle	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Thomas Händel	GUE/NGL	DIE LINKE.	FOR	AGAINST
Rebecca Harms	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	NOT PRESENT	NOT PRESENT
Martin Häusling	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	FOR	AGAINST
Hans-Olaf Henkel	ECR	LKR	AGAINST	FOR
Maria Heubuch	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	AGAINST	FOR
Nadja Hirsch	ALDE	FDP	FOR	AGAINST
Iris Hoffmann	S&D	SPD	NOT PRESENT	NOT PRESENT
Monika Hohlmeier	EPP	CSU	AGAINST	FOR
Peter Jahr	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Petra Kammerevert	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Ska Keller	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	FOR	AGAINST
Wolf Klinz	ALDE	FDP	NOT PRESENT	NOT PRESENT
Dieter-Lebrecht Koch	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Arndt Kohn	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Bernd Kölmel	ECR	LKR	AGAINST	FOR
Dietmar Köster	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Constanze Krehl	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Werner Kuhn	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Bernd Lange	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Werner Langen	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Jo Leinen	S&D	SPD	FOR - CORRECTED	ABSTAINED
Peter Liese	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Arne Lietz	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Norbert Lins	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Barbara Lochbihler	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	FOR	AGAINST
Sabine Lösing	GUE/NGL	DIE LINKE.	FOR	AGAINST
Bernd Lucke	ECR	LKR	FOR	AGAINST
Thomas Mann	EPP	CDU	FOR	AGAINST - CORRECTED
David McAllister	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Gesine Meissner	ALDE	FDP	FOR	AGAINST
Susanne Melior	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Jörg Meuthen	EFDD	AfD	FOR	AGAINST
Martina Michels	GUE/NGL	DIE LINKE.	FOR	AGAINST
Ulrike Müller	ALDE	FW	FOR	AGAINST
Norbert Neuser	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Angelika Niebler	EPP	CSU	AGAINST	FOR
Maria Noichl	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Markus Pieper	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Marcus Pretzell	ENF	Die Blauen	FOR	AGAINST
Gabriele Preuss	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST - CORRECTED
Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Dennis Radtke	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Julia Reda	Greens/EFA	Piratenpartei	FOR	AGAINST
Terry Reintke	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	FOR	AGAINST
Ulrike Rodust	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Martin Schirdewan	GUE/NGL	DIE LINKE.	FOR	AGAINST
Helmut Scholz	GUE/NGL	DIE LINKE.	FOR	AGAINST
Sven Schulze	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Joachim Schuster	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Andreas Schwab	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Peter Simon	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Birgit Sippel	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Renate Sommer	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Martin Sonneborn	Non-attached	Die PARTEI	FOR	AGAINST
Joachim Starbatty	ECR	LKR	FOR	AGAINST
Ulrike Trebesius	ECR	LKR	FOR	AGAINST
Helga Trüpel	Greens/EFA	B'90/Grüne	AGAINST	FOR
Sabine Verheyen	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Udo Voigt	Non-attached	NPD	NOT PRESENT	NOT PRESENT
Axel Voss	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Manfred Weber	EPP	CSU	AGAINST	FOR
Martina Werner	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Kerstin Westphal	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Rainer Wieland	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Hermann Winkler	EPP	CDU	FOR	AGAINST
Babette Winter	S&D	SPD	FOR	ABSTAINED
Tiemo Wölken	S&D	SPD	FOR	AGAINST
Joachim Zeller	EPP	CDU	AGAINST	FOR
Gabriele Zimmer	GUE/NGL	DIE LINKE.	FOR	AGAINST

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