← 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 165297Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+15 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (344 for, 115 against, 64 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

344

Against

115

Abstain

Margin of victory

229 votes

Turnout (cast)

523

Absent

182

Participation rate

74.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 44Against 52Abstain 35Absent 48

S&D136 MEPs

For 103Against 1Abstain 0Absent 32

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 1Abstain 1Absent 19

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR65 MEPs

For 5Against 33Abstain 8Absent 19

PfE64 MEPs

For 7Against 18Abstain 18Absent 21

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 1Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany42
France38
Spain33
Italy30
Romania21

Most against

Poland21
Croatia6
Malta2

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Germany
Hungary
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 3Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 4Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 3Abstain 13Absent 25

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 25Abstain 4Absent 25

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 9Abstain 6Absent 31

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 21Abstain 11Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 3Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 2Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 8Abstain 4Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

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