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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 177193Source: 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (429 for, 218 against, 5 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

429

Against

218

Abstain

Margin of victory

211 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 148Against 16Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 77Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 72Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 65Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 1Abstain 1Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 26Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 20Abstain 3Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
Spain45
France43
Italy35
Poland27

Most against

Czech Republic13
Hungary11
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Austria
Cyprus
France
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 43Against 34Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 20Abstain 2Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 32Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 23Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 45Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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