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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 192997Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 ESN and NI voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (474 for, 73 against, 91 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

474

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

401 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

89.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 41Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 35Against 3Abstain 39Absent 5

Renew77 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 40Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 3Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 7Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Poland45
Spain42
Italy41
France39

Most against

Czech Republic11
Hungary10
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 31Absent 10

Germany95 MEPs

For 74Against 15Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 6Absent 3

Hungary18 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 8Abstain 20Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 5Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 8Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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