It's back to square one. On Thursday 5 July, a majority of MEPs decided to reject the negotiating mandate for the legal affairs committee on copyright reform, which called for the creation of a neighbouring right for newspaper publishers. The dossier has been sent back to the next plenary session (10-13 September).
It was barely 30 votes that made all the difference: 278 MEP supported the mandate, 318 opposed it and 31 abstained. This means that 124 MEPs were absent during the vote....