← Votes·2026-04-29

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

View all votes on Rule of Law →

Vote ID 191432Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

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

Show full breakdown

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 (185 for, 426 against, 13 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

185

Against

426

Abstain

Margin of victory

241 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 3Against 153Abstain 0Absent 29

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 117Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 4Abstain 7Absent 3

PfE85 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 6Absent 11

Renew78 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 19Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Slovakia8
Hungary7
Latvia4

Most against

Germany62
Spain45
France41
Italy37
Poland25

Divided delegations

France
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 33Against 41Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 21Against 62Abstain 0Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 37Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 19Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 45Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 3Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…