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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 191424Source: 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+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (284 for, 335 against, 6 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

284

Against

335

Abstain

Margin of victory

51 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

86.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 5Against 147Abstain 5Absent 28

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 76Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE85 MEPs

For 1Against 73Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 13Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany42
France37
Spain28
Netherlands15
Belgium12

Most against

Poland41
Italy36
Czech Republic17
Romania16
Hungary13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 17Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 37Against 35Abstain 1Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 39Abstain 0Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 36Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 41Abstain 2Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 9Against 16Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 23Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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