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Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime

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 182506Source: 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
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (386 for, 184 against, 15 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

386

Against

184

Abstain

Margin of victory

202 votes

Turnout (cast)

585

Absent

134

Participation rate

81.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 140Against 4Abstain 2Absent 39

S&D135 MEPs

For 102Against 0Abstain 0Absent 33

PfE84 MEPs

For 1Against 74Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 63Abstain 7Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 34Against 1Abstain 2Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Spain41
Italy33
France32
Poland24

Most against

Czech Republic13
Hungary11
Slovakia7

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France81 MEPs

For 32Against 32Abstain 0Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 21Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 23Abstain 3Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 22Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 1Absent 16

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 6Abstain 1Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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