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		bemmu on March 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: European Parliament approves copyright reform Question to someone more familiar with how these votes work. Is this the page for this vote? https://www.votewatch.eu/en/term8-copyright-in-the-digital-s... If it is, it says 312 voted for it, 317 against it, 24 abstained. But it passed? Why?

rkul on March 26, 2019 [–]

There were two votes: (1) Amendments to the Directive, (2) vote on the whole directive.

Amendments did not pass 312-317 and Directive passed 3xx-247 (cant recall the exact numbers)

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