European Parliament · 18 January 2024

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

Adopted

397 in favour · 121 against · 26 abstained. 544 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Urges the Member States to support or at least refrain from opposing the adoption of the draft decision
• Calls on the current and future Presidencies of the Council of the Union to consider the Commission’s proposal as a priority when drawing up their agenda and defining objectives
• Calls on the Member States to tackle the problem of under-reporting and the issues victims are facing in obtaining access to criminal procedures and protection, in a gender-sensitive way

Quoted from A9-0377/2023, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

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• Roll-call results, 18 January 2024
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