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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 191422Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some 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+12 / 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, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (498 for, 80 against, 57 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

498

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

418 votes

Turnout (cast)

635

Absent

Participation rate

88.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 156Against 2Abstain 0Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 118Against 2Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 24Against 12Abstain 43Absent 3

PfE85 MEPs

For 35Against 33Abstain 7Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 62Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 3Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
France68
Spain44
Poland42
Italy39

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 68Against 5Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 16Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 8Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 5Abstain 24Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 6Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 6Abstain 2Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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