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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 191418Source: 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
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. EPP mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (291 for, 240 against, 74 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

291

Against

240

Abstain

Margin of victory

51 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 36Against 53Abstain 58Absent 38

S&D135 MEPs

For 108Against 2Abstain 0Absent 25

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 74Abstain 3Absent 4

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 68Abstain 6Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 7Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany36
Italy32
Spain27
Belgium16
Netherlands15

Most against

France36
Poland24
Romania13
Greece12
Bulgaria9

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 34Against 36Abstain 3Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 16Abstain 29Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 30Abstain 4Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 10Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 10Against 24Abstain 13Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 6Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 2Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 23Abstain 1Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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