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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 191423Source: 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+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 (408 for, 192 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

408

Against

192

Abstain

Margin of victory

216 votes

Turnout (cast)

622

Absent

Participation rate

86.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 134Against 5Abstain 17Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 77Abstain 1Absent 3

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew78 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 3Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Spain44
France38
Italy37
Netherlands19

Most against

Poland24
Czech Republic13
Hungary8
Slovakia6

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 38Against 34Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 69Against 15Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 30Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 7Against 24Abstain 16Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 8Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 6Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

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