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Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 18 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 11 May 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 13 November 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 28 November 2023
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 18 January 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur
MEP #125038 Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Jaak MADISON IDMagdalena ADAMOWICZ PPEKatarina BARLEY S&DAlexandr VONDRA ECRAlice KUHNKE Verts/ALEMEP #197681 The Left
For opinion
FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · rapporteur MEP #197756 S&D

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0044/2024 18 January 2024 ✦ Parliament's resolution urges the Council to add hate speech and hate crime to the list of EU crimes under Article 83(1) TFEU, so the Commission can propose common minimum rules.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0377/2023 28 November 2023 ✦ Parliament's resolution urges the Council to add hate speech and hate crime to the list of EU crimes under Article 83(1) TFEU, so the Commission can propose common minimum rules.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (LIBE) 28 June 2023 ✦ This draft report by Parliament's Civil Liberties committee urges the Council to add hate speech and hate crime to the list of EU crimes under Article 83(1) TFEU, so the Commission can propose common minimum rules.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (FEMM),Opinion (FEMM)

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 18 January 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 18 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0377/2023📄 Adopted text TA9-0044/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 397 Against 121 Abstained 26

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:20 · 73% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 14 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 14 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 12:19 A9-0377/2023 – Maite Pagazaurtundúa – After § 1 – Am 4
    Rejected
    2. Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 1 12:19 A9-0377/2023 – Maite Pagazaurtundúa – After § 1 – Am 7
    Rejected
    3. Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 1 12:19 A9-0377/2023 – Maite Pagazaurtundúa – After § 1 – Am 8
    Rejected
    4. Amendment 10 to paragraph 7 12:19 A9-0377/2023 – Maite Pagazaurtundúa – § 7 – Am 10
    Rejected
    5. Separate vote on paragraph 7
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    6. Separate vote on paragraph 7
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    7. Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 9 12:20 A9-0377/2023 – Maite Pagazaurtundúa – After § 9 – Am 9
    Rejected
    8. Amendment 11 to paragraph 10 12:20 A9-0377/2023 – Maite Pagazaurtundúa – § 10 – Am 11
    Rejected
    9. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 11
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    10. Separate vote on paragraph 13
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    11. Vote on text inserted after citation 18
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    12. Separate vote on recital G
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    13. Amendment 6, adding text after recital M 12:20 A9-0377/2023 – Maite Pagazaurtundúa – After recital M – Am 6
    Rejected
    14. Final vote — text as a whole 12:20 A9-0377/2023 – Maite Pagazaurtundúa – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 17 January 2024 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 17 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0377/2023
  4. 28 November 2023 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0377/2023
  5. Committee stage
  6. 13 November 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 24 October 2023 FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (FEMM)
  8. 28 June 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (LIBE)
  9. 5 June 2023 Draft opinion from FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (FEMM)
  10. 11 May 2023 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) gives an opinion.