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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 191427Source: 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+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (336 for, 261 against, 29 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

336

Against

261

Abstain

Margin of victory

75 votes

Turnout (cast)

626

Absent

Participation rate

87.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 25Against 113Abstain 15Absent 32

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 3Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 69Abstain 3Absent 3

PfE85 MEPs

For 28Against 37Abstain 9Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 62Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 40Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 2Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France63
Spain26
Belgium15
Netherlands15
Sweden15

Most against

Germany42
Italy38
Poland29
Romania13
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Germany
Greece
Italy
Lithuania
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 63Against 8Abstain 2Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 42Abstain 0Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 38Abstain 2Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 12Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 11Against 29Abstain 8Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 4Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 13Abstain 2Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 25Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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