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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 191401Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓High-interest topic: Rule Of Law
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (522 for, 62 against, 43 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

522

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

460 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 0Absent 28

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 66Against 6Abstain 5Absent 5

PfE85 MEPs

For 19Against 28Abstain 28Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 3Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 5Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
Italy59
Spain51
Poland40
France39

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 39Against 28Abstain 6Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 15Abstain 5Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 5Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 40Against 1Abstain 5Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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