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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 193006Source: 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+10 / 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 (463 for, 151 against, 28 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

463

Against

151

Abstain

Margin of victory

312 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 140Against 10Abstain 5Absent 24

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE85 MEPs

For 27Against 39Abstain 12Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 4Against 69Abstain 3Absent 6

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 0Against 23Abstain 3Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 5Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France66
Spain41
Italy39
Netherlands22

Most against

Poland26
Czech Republic14
Hungary10
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 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 66Against 4Abstain 1Absent 9

Germany95 MEPs

For 74Against 13Abstain 3Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 3Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 24Abstain 6Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 26Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

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