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The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 405
- Against
- 210
- Abstained
- 36
roll-call vote at 13:25 · 62% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Ana Catarina Mendes · Report A-10-2025-0100
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution on the Commission's 2024 Rule of Law Report, which assesses the rule of law situation in EU member states.§1: source passage in the text The resolution calls for protecting media freedom, civil society, judicial independence, and fundamental rights, including sexual and reproductive rights.§2: source passage in the text It also urges the Commission to act as guardian of the treaties and defend democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights across the Union.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: ECR, Patriots, ESN
- The Left For 30 for, 2 against, 10 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 48 for, 0 against, 4 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 125 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 64 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 135 for, 21 against, 6 abstainedof 193
- ECR Against 0 for, 68 against, 5 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Against 0 for, 78 against, 0 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 0 for, 26 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 3 for, 15 against, 9 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
50 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (30 of 42). Against: 2, Abstained: 10
Carola Rackete (Germany, abstained), Estrella Galán (Spain, against), Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus, abstained), Irene Montero (Spain, abstained), Isabel Serra Sánchez (Spain, abstained)
7 more from The Left
João Oliveira (Portugal, against), Kathleen Funchion (Ireland, abstained), Luke Ming Flanagan (Ireland, abstained), Marc Botenga (Belgium, abstained), Özlem Demirel (Germany, abstained), Pernando Barrena Arza (Spain, abstained), Rudi Kennes (Belgium, abstained)
Greens voted for (48 of 52). Abstained: 4
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), Diana Riba I Giner (Spain), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Spain), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain)
Renew voted for (64 of 65). Abstained: 1
Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez (Spain)
EPP voted for (135 of 162). Against: 21, Abstained: 6
Branko Grims (Slovenia, against), Céline Imart (France, against), Christine Schneider (Germany, against), Christophe Gomart (France, against), David Casa (Malta, against)
22 more from EPP
Davor Ivo Stier (Croatia, against), Elena Nevado Del Campo (Spain, abstained), Emil Radev (Bulgaria, abstained), François-Xavier Bellamy (France, against), Isabelle Le Callennec (France, abstained), Iuliu Winkler (Romania, against), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Karlo Ressler (Croatia, against), Laurent Castillo (France, abstained), Massimiliano Salini (Italy, against), Matej Tonin (Slovenia, against), Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, against), Nadine Morano (France, abstained), Nicolás Pascual De La Parte (Spain, against), Oliver Schenk (Germany, against), Paulius Saudargas (Lithuania, against), Peter Agius (Malta, against), Romana Tomc (Slovenia, against), Sander Smit (Netherlands, against), Tomislav Sokol (Croatia, against), Zala Černilec Tomašič (Slovenia, against), Željana Zovko (Croatia, against)
ECR voted against (68 of 73). Abstained: 5
Assita Kanko (Belgium), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece), Galato Alexandraki (Greece), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium), Kris van Dijck (Belgium)
ESN voted against (26 of 27). Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 17 amendments (2 adopted, 15 rejected) and 32 parts of the text voted on separately (28 adopted, 2 rejected, 2 lapsed).