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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 191410Source: official EP roll-call records
45
/ 100

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+5 / 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 “The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report”. ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (181 for, 419 against, 22 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
419
Abstain
22
Margin of victory
238 votes
Turnout (cast)
622
Absent
97
Participation rate
86.5%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 4Against 149Abstain 1Absent 31
S&D135 MEPs
For 0Against 120Abstain 0Absent 15
ECR82 MEPs
For 74Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5
PfE85 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 6Absent 10
Renew78 MEPs
For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 15
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 11
The Left45 MEPs
For 0Against 40Abstain 0Absent 5
ESN27 MEPs
For 25Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
NI29 MEPs
For 9Against 5Abstain 10Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Czech Republic14
  • Hungary8
  • Latvia4
Most against
  • Germany62
  • Spain44
  • France41
  • Italy34
  • Poland24
Divided delegations
  • France
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Poland
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1
Belgium22 MEPs
For 3Against 14Abstain 3Absent 2
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 4
Croatia12 MEPs
For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1
France81 MEPs
For 33Against 41Abstain 0Absent 7
Germany96 MEPs
For 16Against 62Abstain 5Absent 13
Greece21 MEPs
For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2
Hungary21 MEPs
For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6
Ireland14 MEPs
For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1
Italy76 MEPs
For 29Against 34Abstain 0Absent 13
Latvia9 MEPs
For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 3Against 19Abstain 6Absent 3
Poland53 MEPs
For 21Against 24Abstain 1Absent 7
Portugal21 MEPs
For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1
Romania33 MEPs
For 8Against 16Abstain 0Absent 9
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 3Against 5Abstain 5Absent 2
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain60 MEPs
For 7Against 44Abstain 0Absent 9
Sweden21 MEPs
For 3Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

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