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Application of Regulation (EC) 2020/2092, the Rule of Law conditionality mechanism

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 129332Source: 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 “Application of Regulation (EC) 2020/2092, the Rule of Law conditionality mechanism”. PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (109 for, 532 against, 46 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

109

Against

532

Abstain

Margin of victory

423 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 4Against 169Abstain 1Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 1Against 131Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 0Against 101Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 61Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR63 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 40Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 21Against 18Abstain 3Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Hungary12

Most against

Germany78
France55
Spain55
Italy38
Romania31

Divided delegations

Hungary
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 23Against 55Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 10Against 78Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 38Abstain 7Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 4Against 23Abstain 2Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 26Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 31Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 4Against 55Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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