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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 177190Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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 “The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report”. ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (201 for, 420 against, 12 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

201

Against

420

Abstain

Margin of victory

219 votes

Turnout (cast)

633

Absent

Participation rate

87.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 12Against 152Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 113Abstain 1Absent 21

ECR82 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE81 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 3Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 8Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic11
Hungary11
Slovakia8

Most against

Germany62
Spain47
France38
Italy36
Poland27

Divided delegations

Austria
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 38Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 16Against 62Abstain 9Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 36Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 19Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 21Against 27Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 14Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 47Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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