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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
Victor BoştinaruS&D
PSD
AGAINST
FOR
Daniel BudaEPP
PNL
ABSTAINED - CORRECTED
ABSTAINED
Cristian-Silviu BușoiEPP
PNL
AGAINST
ABSTAINED
Andi CristeaS&D
PSD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Mircea DiaconuALDE
Independent
ABSTAINED
FOR
Damian DrăghiciS&D
Independent
AGAINST
FOR
Doru-Claudian FrunzulicăS&D
PSD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Maria GrapiniS&D
PPU
FOR
AGAINST - CORRECTED
Cătălin Sorin IvanS&D
PSD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Monica MacoveiECR
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Ramona Nicole MănescuEPP
PNL
AGAINST
FOR
Marian-Jean MarinescuEPP
PNL
AGAINST
ABSTAINED
Sorin MoisăEPP
PSD
AGAINST
FOR
Siegfried MureșanEPP
PNL
AGAINST
ABSTAINED
Dan NicaS&D
PSD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Norica NicolaiALDE
ALDE
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Ioan Mircea PașcuS&D
PSD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Emilian PavelS&D
PSD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Răzvan PopaS&D
PSD
FOR
AGAINST - CORRECTED
Cristian Dan PredaEPP
Independent
AGAINST
FOR
Laurențiu RebegaECR
Independent
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Daciana Octavia SârbuS&D
PSD
AGAINST
FOR
Csaba SógorEPP
UDMR
AGAINST
FOR
Theodor Dumitru StolojanEPP
PNL
FOR
ABSTAINED
Claudiu Ciprian TănăsescuS&D
PSD
FOR
AGAINST
Claudia ȚapardelS&D
PSD
FOR
AGAINST
Mihai ȚurcanuEPP
PNL
AGAINST
ABSTAINED
Traian UngureanuEPP
PNL
FOR
AGAINST
Adina-Ioana VăleanEPP
PNL
FOR
AGAINST
Renate WeberALDE
Independent
FOR
AGAINST
Iuliu WinklerEPP
UDMR
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
Maria Gabriela ZoanăS&D
PSD
NOT PRESENT
NOT PRESENT
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