← Votes·2024-02-28

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 165296Source: 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
✓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+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 “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 and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (406 for, 73 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

406

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

333 votes

Turnout (cast)

530

Absent

175

Participation rate

75.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 93Against 15Abstain 23Absent 48

S&D136 MEPs

For 106Against 2Abstain 0Absent 28

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 8Against 33Abstain 5Absent 19

PfE64 MEPs

For 10Against 15Abstain 19Absent 20

The Left38 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 3Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France40
Italy36
Spain35
Romania23

Most against

Poland21
Malta2

Divided delegations

Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 3Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 13Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 6Abstain 4Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 6Abstain 6Absent 28

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 18Against 21Abstain 3Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 35Against 7Abstain 4Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

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