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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 193012Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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 (426 for, 192 against, 17 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

426

Against

192

Abstain

Margin of victory

234 votes

Turnout (cast)

635

Absent

Participation rate

89.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 2Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 115Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 7Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 71Abstain 4Absent 6

Renew77 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Spain42
Italy41
France38
Poland25

Most against

Hungary10
Czech Republic8
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 7Absent 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 38Against 31Abstain 2Absent 9

Germany95 MEPs

For 68Against 21Abstain 2Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 28Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 25Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 10Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs