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The Commission’s 2024 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 177173Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report”. EPP, ECR, PfE and Renew voted mostly in favour, while S&D voted mostly against. Greens-EFA, Left, ESN and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (353 for, 169 against, 131 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

353

Against

169

Abstain

131

Margin of victory

184 votes

Turnout (cast)

653

Absent

Participation rate

90.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 163Against 1Abstain 1Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 119Abstain 0Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 39Against 31Abstain 7Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 11Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 63Against 4Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 46Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 27Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 23Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 16Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France51
Poland44
Germany38
Spain26
Romania17

Most against

Italy43
Malta3

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Estonia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Portugal
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 7Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 7Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 51Against 13Abstain 12Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 13Abstain 37Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 5Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 12Against 43Abstain 13Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 7Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 25Abstain 4Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 5Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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