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Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report

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 164555Source: 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+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (374 for, 113 against, 45 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

374

Against

113

Abstain

Margin of victory

261 votes

Turnout (cast)

532

Absent

173

Participation rate

75.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 102Against 10Abstain 19Absent 48

S&D136 MEPs

For 98Against 5Abstain 5Absent 28

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 9Absent 19

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 44Abstain 0Absent 20

The Left38 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 7Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 4Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Spain43
France36
Italy29
Poland21

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Italy
Malta
Poland
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 19Abstain 1Absent 23

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 9Abstain 3Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 6Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 18Abstain 0Absent 29

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 21Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 8Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 1Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

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