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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 191417Source: 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+10 / 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 (365 for, 168 against, 78 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

365

Against

168

Abstain

Margin of victory

197 votes

Turnout (cast)

611

Absent

108

Participation rate

85.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 96Against 17Abstain 36Absent 36

S&D135 MEPs

For 109Against 2Abstain 0Absent 24

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 73Abstain 2Absent 3

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 34Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 1Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 5Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
France39
Spain35
Italy34
Belgium19

Most against

Poland23
Romania10
Hungary8
Bulgaria7
Slovakia7

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

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 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 9Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 39Against 7Abstain 28Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 16Abstain 2Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 5Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 31Abstain 2Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 16Against 23Abstain 9Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 2Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 35Against 7Abstain 8Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

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