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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 191428Source: 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 (197 for, 416 against, 9 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

197

Against

416

Abstain

Margin of victory

219 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 4Against 149Abstain 2Absent 30

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 118Abstain 0Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

PfE85 MEPs

For 73Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew78 MEPs

For 2Against 61Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 39Abstain 1Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 3Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic14
Slovakia9
Hungary8
Latvia4

Most against

Germany64
Spain46
France40
Italy38
Poland22

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 33Against 40Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 21Against 64Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 38Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 20Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 21Against 22Abstain 2Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 46Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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