← 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 165302Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 (352 for, 74 against, 91 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

352

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

278 votes

Turnout (cast)

517

Absent

188

Participation rate

73.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 67Against 17Abstain 44Absent 51

S&D136 MEPs

For 97Against 0Abstain 1Absent 38

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 6Against 35Abstain 4Absent 20

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 32Absent 22

The Left38 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 5Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
Spain39
France35
Italy25
Netherlands20

Most against

Poland21
Hungary7
Bulgaria5

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 35Against 2Abstain 18Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 11Abstain 16Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 4Abstain 17Absent 30

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 14Against 21Abstain 6Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 4Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 39Against 2Abstain 4Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

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