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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 193010Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+15 / 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, ESN and NI voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (465 for, 122 against, 42 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

465

Against

122

Abstain

Margin of victory

343 votes

Turnout (cast)

629

Absent

Participation rate

88.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 139Against 7Abstain 3Absent 30

S&D135 MEPs

For 115Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

PfE85 MEPs

For 30Against 48Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 12Against 31Abstain 32Absent 7

Renew77 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 6Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France67
Spain44
Italy41
Netherlands22

Most against

Poland23
Hungary10
Slovakia9
Slovenia4

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
Poland
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 67Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany95 MEPs

For 72Against 16Abstain 3Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 19Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 23Abstain 4Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 4Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 44Against 6Abstain 2Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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