Theme · EU initiative
Online safety of minors
Recurring EU policy push to protect children and young people from harms on digital platforms.
5 subjects in 5 sittings · 5 adopted, 0 rejected · Jun 2025 – Sept 2026
New laws 2Resolutions 3
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Latest decisions
- Impact of social media and the online environment on young people
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament adopted a resolution on the impact of social media and the online environment on young people, setting out its position on how digital platforms affect children and young adults. The text calls for a comprehensive European strategy that combines safety by design, algorithmic transparency, privacy-respecting age assurance, digital education and stronger enforcement across existing EU rules. It asks the Commission to assess how well current initiatives work and to keep EU action in step with the changing digital environment.
17 Sept 2026 · Resolutions · report by Sandro Ruotolo · 13 ballots · voted 13:21 · A-10-2026-0220 · 2025/2081
Adopted 395–136–80 · by a large majority - Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse
Digital, AI & dataJustice, rule of law & rights
7 Jul 2026 · New laws · 2nd reading · voted 13:29 · 2025/0429
Adopted 331–304–11 · narrowly - The need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. 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.
Digital, AI & dataJustice, rule of law & rights
30 Apr 2026 · Resolutions · joint motion · 20 ballots · voted 13:37 · RC-10-2026-0206 · 2026/2693
Adopted no count published - Protection of minors online
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament adopted a resolution on protecting minors online, setting out its position on how to keep children safe in the digital environment. The text calls for enforcing existing EU digital rules, tackling addictive design and manipulative practices, and considering new legislation to close regulatory gaps. It also urges the Commission to address fragmented age-verification mechanisms and to hold platforms primarily responsible for minors' protection.
Economy & single marketDigital, AI & data
26 Nov 2025 · Resolutions · report by Christel Schaldemose · 24 ballots · voted 12:35 · A-10-2025-0213 · 2025/2060
Adopted 483–92–86 · by a large majority - Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU directive to combat child sexual abuse and exploitation, updating rules on defining offences and supporting victims. The directive aims to harmonise criminal law across member states, addressing crimes like child sexual abuse material and grooming, and to improve detection and reporting of online abuse. Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends the proposal, and will forward its position to the Council and national parliaments.
Justice, rule of law & rightsDigital, AI & data
17 Jun 2025 · New laws · report by Jeroen Lenaers · 1st reading · 35 ballots · voted 13:37 · A-10-2025-0097 · 2024/0035
Dossiers involved · latest vote first
- 2025/2081 Impact of social media and the online environment on young people 17 Sept 2026 · 1 vote
- 2025/0429 Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse 7 Jul 2026 · 1 vote
- 2026/2693 The need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment 30 Apr 2026 · 1 vote
- 2025/2060 Protection of minors online 26 Nov 2025 · 1 vote
- 2024/0035 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) 17 Jun 2025 · 1 vote
Who backs what
How each group's majority voted on the 4 most recent final A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. votes about Online safety of minors.
With the result = share of these votes where the group's position matched the outcome (For an adopted text, Against a rejected one). The other columns count the votes by the group's position; Split = no position had a majority among its members. Non-attached members have no group line.
| Group | With the result | For | Against | Abstained | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left · democratic socialism, communism. Founded 1995 (as GUE; “The Left” since 2021) | 75 % | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre-left · green politics, regionalism. Founded 1999 | 75 % | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre-left · social democracy. Founded 1953 (as Socialist Group; S&D since 2009) | 100 % | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism. Founded 2019 (successor of ALDE, 1976) | 75 % | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism. Founded 1953 (as Christian Democratic Group) | 100 % | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical. Founded 2009 | 0 % | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Far-right · national conservatism, right-wing populism. Founded July 2024 | 50 % | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Far-right · ultranationalism. Founded July 2024 | 25 % | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
The latest final votes, group by group
Each group's majority position: For, Against, Abstained, or Split. — = the group did not vote.
| Decision | Left · democratic socialism, communism. Founded 1995 (as GUE; “The Left” since 2021) | Centre-left · green politics, regionalism. Founded 1999 | Centre-left · social democracy. Founded 1953 (as Socialist Group; S&D since 2009) | Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism. Founded 2019 (successor of ALDE, 1976) | Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism. Founded 1953 (as Christian Democratic Group) | Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical. Founded 2009 | Far-right · national conservatism, right-wing populism. Founded July 2024 | Far-right · ultranationalism. Founded July 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact of social media and the online environment on young people 17 Sept 2026 · adopted | For | For | For | For | For | Against | Abstained | Against |
| Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse 7 Jul 2026 · adopted | Against | Against | For | Against | For | Against | Against | Against |
| Protection of minors online 26 Nov 2025 · adopted | For | For | For | For | For | Against | For | Against |
| Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) 17 Jun 2025 · adopted | For | For | For | For | For | Abstained | For | For |
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