← Votes·2021-10-21

The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU 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 136902Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Rule Of Law
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (502 for, 153 against, 16 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

502

Against

153

Abstain

Margin of victory

349 votes

Turnout (cast)

671

Absent

Participation rate

95.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 159Against 5Abstain 4Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew101 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 63Abstain 0Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 58Abstain 4Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 18Against 20Abstain 2Absent 4

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France55
Spain55
Italy41
Romania24

Most against

Poland27
Hungary13

Divided delegations

Croatia
Hungary
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 23Abstain 1Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 31Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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