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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 177221Source: 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
✓Close result
✓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+6 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (297 for, 334 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

297

Against

334

Abstain

Margin of victory

37 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 18Against 136Abstain 8Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 74Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 3Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 9Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France38
Netherlands16
Belgium12
Portugal11
Denmark10

Most against

Germany41
Italy36
Spain28
Poland26
Czech Republic18

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 38Against 38Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 38Against 41Abstain 8Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 36Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 17Against 26Abstain 6Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 16Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 28Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

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