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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 177218Source: 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 (224 for, 412 against, 11 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

224

Against

412

Abstain

Margin of victory

188 votes

Turnout (cast)

647

Absent

Participation rate

89.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 22Against 133Abstain 9Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 120Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 1Against 61Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 41Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France39
Czech Republic13
Hungary11
Slovakia7
Bulgaria6

Most against

Germany66
Spain46
Italy35
Poland27
Netherlands19

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 39Against 34Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 22Against 66Abstain 0Absent 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 32Against 35Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 19Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 27Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 19Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 46Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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