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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 193017Source: 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”. PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (187 for, 440 against, 18 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

187

Against

440

Abstain

Margin of victory

253 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

90.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 1Against 152Abstain 4Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 122Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE85 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 12Absent 5

Renew77 MEPs

For 0Against 72Abstain 0Absent 5

Greens/EFA52 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland25
Czech Republic11
Hungary10
Slovakia8
Cyprus1

Most against

Germany68
Spain43
France41
Italy39
Netherlands22

Divided delegations

Austria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 31Against 41Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany95 MEPs

For 20Against 68Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary18 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 39Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 22Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 25Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 21Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 43Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

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