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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 158186Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (586 for, 29 against, 34 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

586

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

557 votes

Turnout (cast)

649

Absent

Participation rate

92.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 141Against 0Abstain 27Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 57Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 48Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 9Abstain 4Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France71
Italy68
Spain58
Germany54
Poland49

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 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 71Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 54Against 9Abstain 26Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 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 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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