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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
Isabella AdinolfiEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Marco AffronteGreens/EFA
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Laura AgeaEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Daniela AiutoEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Tiziana BeghinEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Brando BenifeiS&D
PD
FOR
AGAINST
Goffredo Maria BettiniS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Mara BizzottoENF
LN
FOR
AGAINST
Simona BonafèS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Mario BorghezioENF
LN
FOR
AGAINST
David BorrelliNon-attached
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Mercedes BressoS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Renata BrianoS&D
PD
FOR
AGAINST
Nicola CaputoS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Fabio Massimo CastaldoEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Paolo de CastroS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Lorenzo CesaEPP
UdC
AGAINST
FOR
Caterina ChinniciS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Salvatore CicuEPP
FI
AGAINST
FOR
Angelo CioccaENF
LN
FOR
AGAINST
Alberto CirioEPP
FI
AGAINST
FOR
Sergio Gaetano CofferatiS&D
SI
FOR
AGAINST
Lara ComiEPP
FI
AGAINST
FOR
Ignazio CorraoEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Silvia CostaS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Andrea CozzolinoS&D
PD
FOR
FOR
Rosa d’AmatoEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Nicola DantiS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Herbert DorfmannEPP
SVP
FOR
FOR
Eleonora EviEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Giuseppe FerrandinoS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Laura FerraraEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Raffaele FittoECR
CoR
AGAINST
FOR
Eleonora ForenzaGUE/NGL
L’Altra Europa con Tsipras
FOR
AGAINST
Elisabetta GardiniEPP
FI
AGAINST
FOR
Enrico GasbarraS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Elena GentileS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Michela GiuffridaS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Roberto GualtieriS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Cécile Kashetu KyengeS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Danilo Oscar LanciniENF
LN
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Innocenzo LeontiniEPP
FI
AGAINST
FOR
Curzio MalteseGUE/NGL
L’Altra Europa con Tsipras
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Fulvio MartuscielloEPP
FI
AGAINST
FOR
Barbara MateraEPP
FI
AGAINST
FOR
Stefano MaulluECR
FI
AGAINST
FOR
Giulia MoiEFDD
M5S
ABSTAINED
ABSTAINED
Isabella de MonteS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Luigi MorganoS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Alessia Maria MoscaS&D
PD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Alessandra MussoliniEPP
FI
AGAINST
FOR
Pier Antonio PanzeriS&D
Articolo UNO - MDP
AGAINST
FOR
Massimo PaolucciS&D
Articolo UNO - MDP
AGAINST
FOR
Aldo PatricielloEPP
FI
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Piernicola PediciniEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Pina PiciernoS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Massimiliano SaliniEPP
FI
AGAINST
FOR
David-Maria SassoliS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Elly SchleinS&D
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Giancarlo ScottàENF
LN
FOR
AGAINST
Remo SernagiottoECR
CoR
AGAINST
FOR
Renato SoruS&D
PD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Barbara SpinelliGUE/NGL
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Antonio TajaniEPP
FI
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Dario TamburranoEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Patrizia ToiaS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Marco ValliEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
Giovanni La ViaEPP
AP
AGAINST
FOR
Daniele ViottiS&D
PD
FOR
AGAINST
Marco ZanniENF
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Flavio ZanonatoS&D
Articolo UNO - MDP
AGAINST
FOR
Damiano ZoffoliS&D
PD
AGAINST
FOR
Marco ZulloEFDD
M5S
FOR
AGAINST
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