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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 177207Source: 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

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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+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 (185 for, 447 against, 18 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

185

Against

447

Abstain

Margin of victory

262 votes

Turnout (cast)

650

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 4Against 156Abstain 2Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 118Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 62Against 8Abstain 7Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 73Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 9Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Hungary11
Czech Republic10
Slovakia8
Cyprus2

Most against

Germany66
Spain47
France43
Italy38
Poland27

Divided delegations

Austria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 32Against 43Abstain 2Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 16Against 66Abstain 6Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 38Abstain 0Absent 8

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 5Against 19Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 27Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 16Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 47Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

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