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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 177205Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 (218 for, 412 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

218

Against

412

Abstain

Margin of victory

194 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 17Against 134Abstain 8Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 5Against 115Abstain 1Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 73Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

PfE81 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 62Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 4Against 38Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 10Abstain 3Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy33
Czech Republic12
Hungary11
Denmark9
Bulgaria8

Most against

Germany69
Spain46
France39
Poland26
Netherlands19

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 39Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 17Against 69Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 33Abstain 1Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 19Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 26Abstain 2Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 46Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs