To the point: The EU Parliament votes on Thursday in expedited procedure again on chat control, after rejecting the proposal months earlier.
The EU Parliament has decided to vote again on chat control in fast-track procedure – an exception rule that would allow messaging services to search private communications in the fight against child sexual abuse material. The substantive vote takes place on Thursday.
The European Parliament voted by majority to re-negotiate the chat control proposal via expedited procedure. In the procedural vote, 331 MPs voted in favour and 304 against (11 abstentions out of 646 votes cast by 719 MPs). A similarly close voting result is expected for the substantive decision on Thursday.
Chat control would be an exception to applicable data protection rules. It would allow online communications providers until April 2028 to search privately sent messages for content related to child sexual abuse material. The European Parliament rejected this proposal over three months ago.
For the substantive vote on Thursday, an absolute majority is required: at least 360 of 719 MPs must vote against it for the proposal to fail. If this does not happen, only EU member states would need to formally approve it – a step that is usually a formality. The statistics of the procedural vote suggest that achieving an absolute majority against the proposal could be difficult.
Source: www.it-daily.net · Published 7 July 2026
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