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13 Resolutions & reports ·decision 13 of 13 on Thursday, 30 April 2026

The need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment

Motion for a resolution · voted 13:37–13:38

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

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What Parliament decided

Adopted Adopted

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Final vote — text as a whole — decided by show of hands; no counts were recorded.

✦ What this vote decides · AI summary, based on the text voted on

Parliament adopted a resolution calling for targeted EU criminal provisions and clearer platform responsibility to tackle cyberbullying and online harassment. The text urges the Commission to assess gaps in EU law and consider harmonised minimum rules on defining and sanctioning cyberbullying. It also asks member states to set effective penalties and invites the Commission to examine recognising image-based abuse as a serious cross-border crime.

How the vote unfolded · 20 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 12 parts of the text voted on separately (10 adopted, 2 rejected). 7 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Roll calls requested by Verts/ALE, PfE · split votes by The Left (2), PfE (2) · separate votes by The Left.

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 20 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on paragraph 6 requested by The Left
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
2. Paragraph 7 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: ‘Invites the Commission to assess the need for a more harmonised approach at EU level to define cyberbullying; invites the Commission to examine whether cyberbullying, including the non-consensual dissemination of intimate material, should be recognised as a particularly serious crime with a cross-border dimension at EU level;’ requested by PfE
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
3. Paragraph 7 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: ‘reiterates its support for adding hate crime, which could cover the most severe forms of cyberbullying, to the list of EU crimes under Article 83(1) TFEU;’ requested by PfE requested by PfE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
4. Paragraph 7 — part 2 13:37 RC-B10-0206/2026 – § 7/2 Part 2: ‘reiterates its support for adding hate crime, which could cover the most severe forms of cyberbullying, to the list of EU crimes under Article 83(1) TFEU;’ requested by PfE requested by PfE
Adopted
5. Paragraph 12 — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘certain’” requested by The Left
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
6. Paragraph 12 — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “that word” requested by The Left
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
7. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 15
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
8. Separate vote on paragraph 16 13:37 RC-B10-0206/2026 – § 16 requested by Verts/ALE
Adopted
9. Separate vote on recital I requested by PfE
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
10. Recital I — part 2 13:38 RC-B10-0206/2026 – Recital I/2 Part 2: ‘whereas on 9 December 2021, the Commission proposed adding “hate crime” to the list of EU crimes laid down in Article 83(1) TFEU; whereas this proposal did not garner the necessary unanimous support among Member States;’ requested by PfE requested by PfE
Adopted
11. Recital K — part 1 of 2 Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘certain’” requested by The Left
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
12. Recital K — part 2 of 2 Part 2: “that word” requested by The Left
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
13. Final vote — text as a whole Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
14. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0235/2026
— no individual positions recorded
15. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0205/2026
— no individual positions recorded
16. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0206/2026
— no individual positions recorded
17. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0207/2026
— no individual positions recorded
18. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0208/2026
— no individual positions recorded
19. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0212/2026
— no individual positions recorded
20. Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0213/2026
— no individual positions recorded

Part of the sitting of Thursday, 30 April 2026. The vote was taken on Motion B-10-2026-0235 in procedure 2026/2693.

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Codes in ballot labels

  • Am 27 — amendment 27
  • § 5 — paragraph 5
  • § 5/2, part 2 — a , taken in parts
  • Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
  • ***I — ; *** — ; * —
  • Lapsed —
  • A10-… — committee report; B10-… — motion
  • RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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