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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 193005Source: 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
✓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+7 / 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, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (572 for, 37 against, 37 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

572

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

535 votes

Turnout (cast)

646

Absent

Participation rate

90.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 159Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE85 MEPs

For 58Against 8Abstain 11Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 56Against 18Abstain 2Absent 6

Renew77 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 19Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 5Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France72
Italy68
Spain52
Poland30

Most against

Slovakia7

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany95 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 15Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 1Absent 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 24Against 1Abstain 5Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 30Against 16Abstain 3Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs