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EP Rules of Procedure: strengthening integrity, independence and accountability

Institutional Affairs61%★

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rules of procedure"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 158185Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “EP Rules of Procedure: strengthening integrity, independence and accountability”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (552 for, 59 against, 36 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

552

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

493 votes

Turnout (cast)

647

Absent

Participation rate

91.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 140Against 0Abstain 28Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 54Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 15Against 43Abstain 2Absent 5

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 8Abstain 4Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France73
Italy67
Germany59
Spain54
Romania30

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 2Abstain 26Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 25Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

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