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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 177213Source: 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”. 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 (453 for, 178 against, 22 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

453

Against

178

Abstain

Margin of victory

275 votes

Turnout (cast)

653

Absent

Participation rate

90.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 163Against 2Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 56Abstain 15Absent 6

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 72Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 6Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
Spain46
France43
Italy37
Poland27

Most against

Czech Republic10
Hungary10

Divided delegations

Austria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 43Against 32Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 21Abstain 1Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 30Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 22Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 7Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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