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Determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by Poland of the rule of law

Rule of Law65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rule of law"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 116982Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Rule Of Law
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by Poland of the rule of law”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (466 for, 108 against, 85 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

466

Against

108

Abstain

Margin of victory

358 votes

Turnout (cast)

659

Absent

Participation rate

93.5%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 105Against 36Abstain 26Absent 13

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 96Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 6Against 42Abstain 13Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 32Absent 17

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 10Abstain 8Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France55
Spain42
Italy34
Romania23

Most against

Poland28
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 2Abstain 0Absent 22

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 11Abstain 4Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 9Abstain 30Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 28Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 4Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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