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12 Resolutions & reports ·decision 12 of 15 on Thursday, 25 April 2024

New allegations of Russian interference in the European Parliament, in the upcoming EU elections and the impact on the Union

Motion for a resolution · voted 13:45–13:51

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

Adopted by an overwhelming majority 429 for · 27 against · 48 abstained (85 % in favour)
The vote✦ In shortFull textProcedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

For 429 Against 27 Abstained 48

Final vote — text as a whole at 13:51 · 85% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

Who backed it
  • The Left ✓
  • Verts/ALE ✓
  • S&D ✓
  • Renew ✓
  • PPE ✓
  • ECR ✓
  • PfE –
  • ESN ✗
  • NI ✗

Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE and ECR; opposed by ESN; PfE mostly abstained.

How the vote unfolded · 54 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 12 amendments (2 adopted, 10 rejected) and 35 parts of the text voted on separately (33 adopted, 2 rejected). 6 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Roll calls requested by Renew, ECR, ID · split votes by ECR (8), ID · separate votes by ECR.

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

All 54 ballots in voting order
1. Amendment 10 to paragraph 2 13:45 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 2 - Am 10 requested by ECR
Rejected
2. Paragraph 2 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘Expresses its outrage at the participation of MEPs in a pro-Russian media outlet, ‘Voice of Europe’,’ requested by ECR requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
3. Paragraph 2 — part 1 13:46 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 2/1 Part 1: ‘Expresses its outrage at the participation of MEPs in a pro-Russian media outlet, ‘Voice of Europe’,’ requested by ECR requested by ECR
Adopted
4. Paragraph 2 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘while Russia is waging its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine; emphasises that most views propagated by MEPs on ‘Voice of Europe’ do not reflect the stance of the vast majority of MEPs, who overwhelmingly denounce Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine, its employment of hybrid warfare tactics against European democracy, and its other aggressive and anti-democratic policy decisions in recent years;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
5. Separate vote on paragraph 4 13:46 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 4 requested by Renew
Adopted
6. Separate vote on paragraph 5 13:46 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 5 requested by Renew
Adopted
7. Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 6 13:46 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Après le § 6 - Am 11 requested by ECR
Adopted
8. Separate vote on paragraph 8 13:46 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 8 requested by Renew
Adopted
9. Separate vote on paragraph 13 13:46 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 13 requested by Renew
Adopted
10. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 13 13:47 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Après le § 13 - Am 4 requested by ID
Rejected
11. Separate vote on paragraph 14 13:47 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 14 requested by Renew
Adopted
12. Separate vote on paragraph 16 requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
13. Paragraph 18 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘Believes that the recent allegations might constitute sanctionable behaviour under its Code of Conduct and if confirmed must be met with the firmest response;’ requested by ID
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
14. Paragraph 18 — part 2 13:47 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 18/2 Part 2: ‘underlines the importance of immediately conducting a thorough internal investigation in order to assess all possible cases of foreign interference from Russia and other countries in the European Parliament;’ requested by ID requested by ID
Adopted
15. Paragraph 18 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘underlines the importance of immediately conducting a thorough internal investigation in order to assess all possible cases of foreign interference from Russia and other countries in the European Parliament;’ requested by ID requested by ID
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
16. Paragraph 20 — part 1 13:47 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 20/1 Part 1: ‘Calls for Parliament to introduce mandatory, effective and regular training on security, interference, ethical standards, compliance and integrity for all MEPs and their offices and for all Parliament staff,’ requested by ECR
Adopted
17. Separate vote on paragraph 20 requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
18. Paragraph 20 — part 3 13:48 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 20/3 Part 3: ‘calls for Parliament’s services to put in place effective monitoring and surveillance systems to detect foreign interference while respecting MEPs’ freedom of mandate;’ requested by ECR
Adopted
19. Paragraph 21 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘through a dedicated parliamentary body’” requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
20. Paragraph 21 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “those words” requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
21. Amendments 12 + 1 (voted as one) to paragraph 24 13:48 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 24 - Am 12PC1 requested by ECR
Rejected
22. Amendments 12 + 2 (voted as one) to paragraph 25 13:48 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 25 - Am 12PC2 requested by ECR
Rejected
23. Separate vote on paragraph 25 requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
24. Paragraph 25 — part 2 13:48 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 25/2 Part 2: “those words” requested by ECR requested by ECR
Adopted
25. Paragraph 27 — part 1 of 4 Part 1: ‘Insists on the need to do more to protect the European information environment and EU citizens’ right to access reliable information;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
26. Paragraph 27 — part 2 of 4 Part 2: ‘recalls the need to establish, as stated in Parliament’s previous reports, ‘mirror clauses’ whereby the openness of the European information space to third countries would be proportionate to the access European media outlets have in these countries;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
27. Paragraph 27 — part 3 of 4 Part 3: ‘underlines that the media outlets working for hostile and authoritarian regimes should not have access to European Parliament premises;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
28. Paragraph 27 — part 4 13:49 RC-B9-0262/2024 - § 27/4 Part 4: ‘insists that labelling on platforms should go beyond identifying deep fakes to also establish positive labelling using tools created by the media sector, such as the Journalism Trust Initiative;’ requested by ECR requested by ECR
Adopted
29. Paragraph 27 — part 4 of 4 Part 4: ‘insists that labelling on platforms should go beyond identifying deep fakes to also establish positive labelling using tools created by the media sector, such as the Journalism Trust Initiative;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
30. Amendment 5 to recital C 13:49 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Considérant C - Am 5 requested by ECR
Rejected
31. Recital C — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘whereas Russia has systematically maintained contacts with far-right and far-left parties, and other personalities and movements to gain support from institutional actors within the Union in order to legitimise its illegal and criminal actions; whereas analysis of voting patterns and speeches in the European Parliament has shown these parties to have been the most sympathetic to Russia, including calls as extreme as those made in public in January 2024 by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Miroslav Radačovský – who was also paid by Russian sources to observe the parliamentary elections in Russia in 2021 – for the destruction of Europe;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
32. Recital C — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘whereas the Hungarian Fidesz party has been spreading pro-Kremlin messages and propaganda;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
33. Amendment 13, adding text after Recital C 13:49 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Après le considérant C - Am 13 requested by ECR
Adopted
34. Amendment 6 to recital N 13:50 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Considérant N - Am 6 requested by ECR
Rejected
35. Recital N — part 1 of 4 Part 1: ‘whereas, according to media analyses, since August 2023, 16 far-right MEPs from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Slovakia, Estonia, Spain, Croatia, Denmark and Belgium participated in debates and interviews organised by ‘Voice of Europe’;’ without the words ‘far-right’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
36. Recital N — part 2 of 4 Part 2: ‘far-right’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
37. Recital N — part 3 of 4 Part 3: ‘whereas the vast majority of these politicians tend to normalise manifestations of hatred and intolerance based on race, national origin or sexual orientation and to project a vision of Russia as the authentic keeper of traditional family values;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
38. Recital N — part 4 of 4 Part 4: ‘whereas the public discourse of those politicians is leading to dangerous divisions in society as a whole, and is a threat to democracy;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
39. Separate vote on recital Q 13:50 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Considérant Q requested by Renew
Adopted
40. Separate vote on recital R 13:50 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Considérant R requested by Renew
Adopted
41. Amendment 3, adding text after Recital R 13:50 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Après le considérant R - Am 3 requested by ID
Rejected
42. Recital T — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘whereas there is credible evidence that, in 2020, Peter Pelligrini, then Prime Minister of Slovakia, requested the help of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to obtain support from the Kremlin ahead of Slovakia’s 2020 parliamentary election; whereas this resulted in a visit by Prime Minister Pelligrini to Russia in February 2020, three days before the elections were held;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
43. Recital T — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘whereas the 2023 parliamentary elections were targeted by further Russian interference and disinformation campaigns; whereas Peter Pelligrini is now President-elect of Slovakia and due to take office in June 2024;’ requested by ECR
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
44. Separate vote on recital W
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
45. Amendment 7 to recital Z 13:51 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Considérant Z - Am 7 requested by ECR
Rejected
46. Amendment 8, adding text after Recital Z 13:51 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Après le considérant Z - Am 8 requested by ECR
Rejected
47. Amendment 9, adding text after Recital Z 13:51 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Après le considérant Z - Am 9 requested by ECR
Rejected
48. Final vote — text as a whole 13:51 RC-B9-0262/2024 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) requested by Renew
Adopted
49. Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0261/2024
— no individual positions recorded
50. Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0262/2024
— no individual positions recorded
51. Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0263/2024
— no individual positions recorded
52. Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0264/2024
— no individual positions recorded
53. Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0265/2024
— no individual positions recorded
54. Alternative motion for a resolution B9-0266/2024
— no individual positions recorded

Part of the sitting of Thursday, 25 April 2024. The vote was taken on Motion B-9-2024-0264 in procedure 2024/2696.

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  • Am 27 — amendment 27
  • § 5 — paragraph 5
  • § 5/2, part 2 — a , taken in parts
  • Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
  • ***I — ; *** — ; * —
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  • RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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