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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 165283Source: 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-interest topic: Rule Of Law
✓Some political group division
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “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 (398 for, 103 against, 20 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

398

Against

103

Abstain

Margin of victory

295 votes

Turnout (cast)

521

Absent

184

Participation rate

73.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 121Against 2Abstain 7Absent 49

S&D136 MEPs

For 98Against 8Abstain 1Absent 29

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 41Abstain 3Absent 20

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 3Absent 21

The Left38 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 4Absent 22

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Spain43
France38
Italy29
Poland21

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 4Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 16Abstain 0Absent 25

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 7Abstain 0Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 18Abstain 1Absent 28

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 21Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 4Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

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