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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 193003Source: 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
✓High participation

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+0 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (635 for, 4 against, 3 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

635

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

631 votes

Turnout (cast)

642

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE85 MEPs

For 76Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Renew77 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany89
France72
Italy67
Spain52
Poland50

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany95 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs