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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 193015Source: 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 ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (451 for, 145 against, 52 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

451

Against

145

Abstain

Margin of victory

306 votes

Turnout (cast)

648

Absent

Participation rate

91.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 7Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 6Against 56Abstain 15Absent 5

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 44Abstain 33Absent 8

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 25Abstain 1Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 3Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
Italy43
Spain43
France41
Netherlands22

Most against

Poland26
Hungary10
Slovakia9

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 41Against 4Abstain 27Absent 8

Germany95 MEPs

For 74Against 16Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 25Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 26Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 43Against 8Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

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