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The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report

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 190564Source: 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
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (387 for, 191 against, 46 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

387

Against

191

Abstain

Margin of victory

196 votes

Turnout (cast)

624

Absent

Participation rate

86.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 132Against 11Abstain 12Absent 30

S&D135 MEPs

For 107Against 0Abstain 13Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 11Absent 4

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 1Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 3Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 5Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
France37
Italy35
Spain29
Poland24

Most against

Czech Republic11
Slovakia9
Hungary8

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 37Against 33Abstain 2Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 16Abstain 5Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 31Abstain 1Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 23Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 7Abstain 15Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

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