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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

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)]
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Reimer BögeEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Elmar BrokEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Klaus BuchnerGreens/EFA
ÖDP
FOR
AGAINST
Udo BullmannS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Reinhard BütikoferGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
FOR
AGAINST
Daniel CasparyEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Birgit Collin-LangenEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Michael CramerGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Albert DessEPP
CSU
AGAINST
FOR
Michael DetjenS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Stefan EckGUE/NGL
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Christian EhlerEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Cornelia ErnstGUE/NGL
DIE LINKE.
FOR
AGAINST
Ismail ErtugS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Markus FerberEPP
CSU
NOT PRESENT
FOR
Knut FleckensteinS&D
SPD
FOR
ABSTAINED
Karl-Heinz FlorenzEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Romeo FranzGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
FOR
AGAINST
Michael GahlerEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Evelyne GebhardtS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Stefan GehroldEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Jens GeierS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Arne GerickeECR
FW
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Sven GiegoldGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
FOR
AGAINST
Jens GiesekeEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Ingeborg GräßleEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Thomas HändelGUE/NGL
DIE LINKE.
FOR
AGAINST
Rebecca HarmsGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Martin HäuslingGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
FOR
AGAINST
Hans-Olaf HenkelECR
LKR
AGAINST
FOR
Maria HeubuchGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
AGAINST
FOR
Nadja HirschALDE
FDP
FOR
AGAINST
Iris HoffmannS&D
SPD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Monika HohlmeierEPP
CSU
AGAINST
FOR
Peter JahrEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Petra KammerevertS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Sylvia-Yvonne KaufmannS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Ska KellerGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
FOR
AGAINST
Wolf KlinzALDE
FDP
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Dieter-Lebrecht KochEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Arndt KohnS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Bernd KölmelECR
LKR
AGAINST
FOR
Dietmar KösterS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Constanze KrehlS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Werner KuhnEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Bernd LangeS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Werner LangenEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Jo LeinenS&D
SPD
FOR - CORRECTED
ABSTAINED
Peter LieseEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Arne LietzS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Norbert LinsEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Barbara LochbihlerGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
FOR
AGAINST
Sabine LösingGUE/NGL
DIE LINKE.
FOR
AGAINST
Bernd LuckeECR
LKR
FOR
AGAINST
Thomas MannEPP
CDU
FOR
AGAINST - CORRECTED
David McAllisterEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Gesine MeissnerALDE
FDP
FOR
AGAINST
Susanne MeliorS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Jörg MeuthenEFDD
AfD
FOR
AGAINST
Martina MichelsGUE/NGL
DIE LINKE.
FOR
AGAINST
Ulrike MüllerALDE
FW
FOR
AGAINST
Norbert NeuserS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Angelika NieblerEPP
CSU
AGAINST
FOR
Maria NoichlS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Markus PieperEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Marcus PretzellENF
Die Blauen
FOR
AGAINST
Gabriele PreussS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST - CORRECTED
Godelieve Quisthoudt-RowohlEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Dennis RadtkeEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Julia RedaGreens/EFA
Piratenpartei 
FOR
AGAINST
Terry ReintkeGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
FOR
AGAINST
Ulrike RodustS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Martin SchirdewanGUE/NGL
DIE LINKE.
FOR
AGAINST
Helmut ScholzGUE/NGL
DIE LINKE.
FOR
AGAINST
Sven SchulzeEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Joachim SchusterS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Andreas SchwabEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Peter SimonS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Birgit SippelS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Renate SommerEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Martin SonnebornNon-attached
Die PARTEI
FOR
AGAINST
Joachim StarbattyECR
LKR
FOR
AGAINST
Ulrike TrebesiusECR
LKR
FOR
AGAINST
Helga TrüpelGreens/EFA
B'90/Grüne
AGAINST
FOR
Sabine VerheyenEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Udo VoigtNon-attached
NPD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Axel VossEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Manfred WeberEPP
CSU
AGAINST
FOR
Martina WernerS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Kerstin WestphalS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Rainer WielandEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Hermann WinklerEPP
CDU
FOR
AGAINST
Babette WinterS&D
SPD
FOR
ABSTAINED
Tiemo WölkenS&D
SPD
FOR
AGAINST
Joachim ZellerEPP
CDU
AGAINST
FOR
Gabriele ZimmerGUE/NGL
DIE LINKE.
FOR
AGAINST