← Votes·2023-03-30

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 154056Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant 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+15 / 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 “2022 Rule of Law Report - The Rule of Law situation in the European Union”. ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. PfE and NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (78 for, 444 against, 51 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

Against

444

Abstain

Margin of victory

366 votes

Turnout (cast)

573

Absent

132

Participation rate

81.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 0Against 132Abstain 3Absent 44

S&D136 MEPs

For 5Against 111Abstain 1Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 1Against 87Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 1Absent 12

ECR64 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 10Absent 9

PfE65 MEPs

For 14Against 16Abstain 21Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 13Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 1Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland25

Most against

Germany65
France61
Spain43
Netherlands19
Romania19

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 2Absent 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 1Against 14Abstain 2Absent 4

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 0Against 61Abstain 2Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 11Against 65Abstain 0Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 8Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 4Against 28Abstain 32Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 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 22Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 19Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 3Against 43Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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