Vote in the European Parliament

REPORT on copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges

Date: 10.03.2026·Reference: A10-0019/2026
Rapporteur: Axel Voss

Overall Result

Adopted
  • 460 For
  • 71 Against
  • 88 Abstention
  • 99 Did not vote
Status and procedure

Outcome as recorded by the European Parliament.

Vote held on
Latest recorded step
Plenary · (261 days ago)
Next scheduled step
No further step is scheduled in the source.

Procedure timeline

2025/2058(INI) · INI

Recorded procedure activities. These do not establish whether a law has entered into force.

  1. Recorded: Referral106 days until the next step
  2. Recorded: Committee stage243 days until the next step
  3. Latest recorded: Plenary261 days since this step began
Recorded activities (8)
  1. Referral to committee
  2. Committee report tabled
  3. Committee amendments tabled
  4. Committee report adopted
  5. Tabling for plenary
  6. Tabling for plenary
  7. Plenary vote
  8. Plenary vote results
Scheduled activities (not confirmation of completion)
  1. Plenary vote

Procedure file (OEIL) · European Parliament data
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Sources

Data: EP Open Data API

What is this about?

  • Copyright protection for generative AI content mandatory.
  • Transparency obligations for AI providers on training data.
  • Fair remuneration for rights holders via licensing framework.
Source: AI Summary with Mistral

Amendment history (2)

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

  1. Amendment 1Rejected

    Recital H a (new)

    Tabled by Pascale Piera, Jordan Bardella, Mathilde Androuët +76 · Members

    Added: Ha. whereas artistic creations protected by copyright can effectively be copied and used illegally by these new technologies; whereas these difficulties should be addressed while ensuring the competitiveness of European companies in the AI sector; whereas the measures to be put in place should not hinder the economic development of this sector;

  2. Amendment 2Rejected

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Pascale Piera, Jordan Bardella, Mathilde Androuët +75 · Members

    … the concept of ‘lawful access’ excludes pirated and infringing copies of works; Added: recalls that, in the EU, the cultural sector represents nearly 4 % of GDP and that nearly eight million people are employed in this sector, which comprises more than one million businesses that may be affected, to varying degrees, by the use of creative works without compensation by generative AI;

Vote by political group

How the political groups voted

Members

Showing 10 of 718

Vote Position
NameCountryGroupVote Position
AustriaS&D
For
SlovakiaRenew
For
GermanyRenew
For
SwedenS&D
For
HungaryPfE
Intended voteAbstentionSubmitted vote: For
BulgariaEPP
For
FinlandRenew
For
FranceGreens/EFA
For
ItalyECR
For
FinlandGUE/NGL
For
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