Here is the list of amendments to be voted on today: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/votingList/(A10-0040_2026)_Sippel.pdf
You can find the amendments here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0040_EN.html (click the Amendments dropdown).
There are different amendments that are quite similar, limiting the collection to necessary data (30, 31) or protecting (30) or even banning application to E2EE (36), 2 identical limitations to 1 year (33 and 31).

#chatcontrol #Chatkontrolle #privacy

There are a fair bit of other topics to be voted on before the vote on chatcontrol starts. Livestream: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/plenary-session_20260326-0900-PLENARY

Today's agenda: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agenda/weekly-agenda/2026-13#agenda-day20260326

Plenary session - Multimedia Centre

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Multimedia Centre

Birgit Sippel taking the floor (11:13:25 if anyone wants to check the recording later) after some technical issues with the microphones.

Mentions the vote two weeks ago, says it was based on 5 years of experience. Supports the position of two weeks ago, accuses Council of having left the negotiation table. Supports scanning of known material, rejects scanning unknown material, asks for the same decision again. Protests against disinformation in the last days.

The Proposal was rejected!

#chatcontrol #Chatkontrolle #privacy

Here's the votes on the Comission Proposal. In favor 228. Against: 311. No extension of chatcontrol 1.0 for now, meaning the legislation will expire soon by April 3rd, making it effectively illegal to keep scanning voluntarily!

If someone is interested in the votes on the amendments (not really relevant anymore since the proposal was rejected), here are my notes.

Format is number, approval status, note & link to the text

30 rejected limited to strictly necessary data, protect E2EE https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0040-AM-030-031_EN.pdf#page=1
34 edit: rejected! limited to strictly necessary data, no E2EE protection https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0040-AM-034-036_EN.pdf#page=1
35 rejected targeted to people suspected/linked to abuse material https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0040-AM-034-036_EN.pdf#page=3

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Update: While in the livestream amendment 34 (which would limit data collection) was announced to pass, the vote was extremely close, 307 in favor, 306 against (livestream 11:16:30).

One of the MEPs in favor seems to have changed their vote afterwards, so it's 306 vs 306,: https://mepwatch.eu/10/vote.html?v=189574

Luckily, changing their vote later doesn't impact the adoption of the amendment (as per https://eupolicy.social/@je5perl/116295542757738903 ), and the Commission proposal as a whole was rejected anyway.

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@maxim MEPs can change their votes, but this does not change the outcome. AM 34 is still adopted.

@je5perl Interesting, thanks.

Either way, given that the proposal was rejected, this isn't relevant anymore anyway, right?

@maxim Yes (short answer).

Theoretically, Council could adopt the Commission text in a first reading (there is a Fisheries Council coming up..), and then the EP could confirm that in a second reading, if there is a majority to reverse today's vote. AFAIK, a Council adoption following a first reading rejection in the EP has never happened before. And in any case, it's not possible to have the EP second reading (plenary) before the current derogation lapses on 3 April.