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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 191426Source: 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
✓Some 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+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”. ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (188 for, 422 against, 14 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

188

Against

422

Abstain

Margin of victory

234 votes

Turnout (cast)

624

Absent

Participation rate

86.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 4Against 142Abstain 7Absent 32

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 119Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 71Against 2Abstain 3Absent 6

PfE85 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 44Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 9Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic13
Hungary8
Latvia5
Slovakia5

Most against

Germany69
Spain44
France39
Italy37
Poland25

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 33Against 39Abstain 2Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 16Against 69Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 37Abstain 1Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 19Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 17Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 4Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 44Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 1Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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