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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 191416Source: 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
✓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+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 (357 for, 203 against, 45 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

357

Against

203

Abstain

Margin of victory

154 votes

Turnout (cast)

605

Absent

114

Participation rate

84.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 85Against 31Abstain 26Absent 43

S&D135 MEPs

For 107Against 3Abstain 0Absent 25

ECR82 MEPs

For 11Against 66Abstain 1Absent 4

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 66Abstain 8Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 9Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
France39
Spain35
Belgium19
Netherlands18

Most against

Italy34
Poland31
Romania11
Hungary9
Bulgaria7

Divided delegations

Austria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 8Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 39Against 31Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 16Abstain 6Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 5Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 34Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 9Against 31Abstain 5Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 2Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 35Against 7Abstain 8Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

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