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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 182981Source: 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+4 / 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 “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 (411 for, 152 against, 20 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

411

Against

152

Abstain

Margin of victory

259 votes

Turnout (cast)

583

Absent

136

Participation rate

81.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 147Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

S&D135 MEPs

For 104Against 0Abstain 0Absent 31

PfE84 MEPs

For 2Against 64Abstain 8Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 11Against 60Abstain 1Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 2Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 8Absent 7

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
Spain41
France34
Italy34
Poland25

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

France
Italy
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 8Absent 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 34Against 30Abstain 1Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 15Abstain 4Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 26Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 20Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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