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2022 Rule of Law Report - The Rule of Law situation in the European Union

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 154047Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “2022 Rule of Law Report - The Rule of Law situation in the European Union”. ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (126 for, 448 against, 2 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

126

Against

448

Abstain

Margin of victory

322 votes

Turnout (cast)

576

Absent

129

Participation rate

81.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 4Against 136Abstain 1Absent 38

S&D136 MEPs

For 0Against 117Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 0Against 86Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 60Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR64 MEPs

For 53Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE65 MEPs

For 49Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 14Abstain 1Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland25
Hungary9

Most against

Germany68
France46
Spain44
Italy33
Romania25

Divided delegations

Hungary
Italy
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 15Against 46Abstain 1Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 11Against 68Abstain 0Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 33Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 5Against 19Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 3Against 44Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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