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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 193013Source: 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 (464 for, 134 against, 30 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

464

Against

134

Abstain

Margin of victory

330 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

88.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 154Against 2Abstain 1Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 109Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

PfE85 MEPs

For 29Against 48Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 7Against 47Abstain 21Absent 7

Renew77 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 8Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
France66
Spain43
Italy37
Poland23

Most against

Czech Republic11
Hungary10
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Italy
Latvia
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France80 MEPs

For 66Against 4Abstain 0Absent 10

Germany95 MEPs

For 68Against 16Abstain 6Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 29Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 11Abstain 14Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 8Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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