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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 182989Source: 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”. 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 (181 for, 384 against, 13 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

181

Against

384

Abstain

Margin of victory

203 votes

Turnout (cast)

578

Absent

141

Participation rate

80.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 5Against 136Abstain 2Absent 42

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 103Abstain 0Absent 32

PfE84 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 63Against 2Abstain 7Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 60Abstain 0Absent 18

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 0Absent 12

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 3Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France31
Poland24
Czech Republic11
Hungary11
Slovakia7

Most against

Germany64
Spain39
Italy34
Netherlands19
Portugal16

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

France81 MEPs

For 31Against 30Abstain 3Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 20Against 64Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 34Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 1Absent 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 19Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 22Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 18

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 39Abstain 0Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

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