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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 177229Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 (405 for, 210 against, 36 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

405

Against

210

Abstain

Margin of victory

195 votes

Turnout (cast)

651

Absent

Participation rate

90.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 135Against 20Abstain 4Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 6Absent 6

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 1Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 30Against 2Abstain 10Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 1Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 9Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany60
France38
Italy37
Spain34
Poland27

Most against

Czech Republic13
Hungary11
Slovakia9

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
France
Italy
Latvia
Malta
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 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 38Against 35Abstain 4Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 60Against 17Abstain 8Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 30Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 27Against 23Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 34Against 10Abstain 9Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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