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The Establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights

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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Civil Liberties64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fundamental rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 117879Source: 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+7 / 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 “The Establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (471 for, 170 against, 55 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

471

Against

170

Abstain

Margin of victory

301 votes

Turnout (cast)

696

Absent

Participation rate

98.9%

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

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 152Against 19Abstain 7Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 7Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 99Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 1Against 63Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 56Abstain 5Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 20Abstain 6Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 28Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
Spain49
France42
Italy39
Romania29

Most against

Poland27
Hungary13
Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium20 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 30Abstain 6Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 12Abstain 5Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 35Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 6Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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