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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 191407Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High 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+5 / 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, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (375 for, 130 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

375

Against

130

Abstain

114

Margin of victory

245 votes

Turnout (cast)

619

Absent

100

Participation rate

86.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 151Against 5Abstain 0Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 40Against 36Abstain 40Absent 19

ECR82 MEPs

For 27Against 46Abstain 5Absent 4

PfE85 MEPs

For 12Against 26Abstain 34Absent 13

Renew78 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 1Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 42Against 2Abstain 1Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 5Abstain 8Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 22Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany51
Poland26
Spain25
Netherlands21
Greece19

Most against

France38
Italy25

Divided delegations

France
Italy
Poland
Slovenia
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 10Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 21Against 38Abstain 11Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 51Against 5Abstain 27Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 8Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 25Abstain 21Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 7Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 17Abstain 3Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 5Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 23Abstain 2Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

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