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Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response

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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Civil Liberties64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "fundamental rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 192995Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 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 “Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (418 for, 210 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

418

Against

210

Abstain

Margin of victory

208 votes

Turnout (cast)

637

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 154Against 4Abstain 1Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 78Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 4Absent 5

Renew77 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 31Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 20Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany69
Spain42
France41
Netherlands21
Portugal17

Most against

Italy37
Poland26
Czech Republic15
Hungary10
Slovakia9

Divided delegations

Cyprus
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 41Against 31Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany95 MEPs

For 69Against 20Abstain 2Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 37Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 26Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 9Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs