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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 191402Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant 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+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+12 / 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, Left, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (373 for, 123 against, 114 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

373

Against

123

Abstain

114

Margin of victory

250 votes

Turnout (cast)

610

Absent

109

Participation rate

84.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 148Against 2Abstain 3Absent 32

S&D135 MEPs

For 45Against 33Abstain 36Absent 21

ECR82 MEPs

For 25Against 47Abstain 5Absent 5

PfE85 MEPs

For 11Against 27Abstain 33Absent 14

Renew78 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 3Absent 15

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 4Abstain 8Absent 4

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 40Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 23Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 3Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
Spain28
Poland24
Netherlands21
Greece19

Most against

France39
Italy23

Divided delegations

France
Italy
Poland
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 15Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 23Against 39Abstain 11Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 3Abstain 29Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 7Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 21Against 23Abstain 19Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 19Abstain 3Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 22Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

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