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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 177201Source: 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+7 / 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 “The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (421 for, 185 against, 36 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

421

Against

185

Abstain

Margin of victory

236 votes

Turnout (cast)

642

Absent

Participation rate

89.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 142Against 12Abstain 7Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 1Abstain 1Absent 19

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 57Abstain 13Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 1Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 14Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
Spain47
France38
Italy37
Poland25

Most against

Czech Republic11
Hungary11
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Lithuania
Poland
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 38Against 35Abstain 4Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 15Abstain 8Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 30Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 2Absent 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 18Against 7Abstain 2Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 22Abstain 2Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 2Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 6Abstain 2Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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