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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 177228Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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”. PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (165 for, 464 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

165

Against

464

Abstain

Margin of victory

299 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 3Against 155Abstain 4Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 121Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 35Against 36Abstain 6Absent 5

PfE81 MEPs

For 73Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 7Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Hungary11
Czech Republic10
Slovakia8

Most against

Germany66
Italy54
Spain49
France41
Poland26

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic
France
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 34Against 41Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 22Against 66Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 7Against 54Abstain 7Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 20Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 26Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 49Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

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