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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 182983Source: 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”. PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (170 for, 386 against, 28 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

170

Against

386

Abstain

Margin of victory

216 votes

Turnout (cast)

584

Absent

135

Participation rate

81.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 3Against 137Abstain 6Absent 39

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 103Abstain 0Absent 32

PfE84 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 49Against 6Abstain 17Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 1Against 60Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 2Against 41Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 36Abstain 0Absent 9

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 4Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France32
Hungary11
Czech Republic10
Slovakia7

Most against

Germany62
Spain41
Italy35
Poland24
Netherlands20

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 2Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 5

France81 MEPs

For 32Against 27Abstain 6Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 23Against 62Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 3Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 35Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 5Against 20Abstain 2Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 24Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 0Absent 17

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 5Against 41Abstain 2Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 3Absent 2

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