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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 182982Source: 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
✓Many 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+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 “Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (414 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

414

Against

152

Abstain

Margin of victory

262 votes

Turnout (cast)

586

Absent

133

Participation rate

81.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 144Against 4Abstain 0Absent 37

S&D135 MEPs

For 103Against 1Abstain 0Absent 31

PfE84 MEPs

For 3Against 63Abstain 9Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 13Against 55Abstain 4Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 3Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
Spain41
France35
Italy35
Poland24

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

France
Italy
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 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 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 9Absent 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 35Against 29Abstain 1Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 15Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 4Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 25Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 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 24Against 20Abstain 2Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 1Absent 16

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

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