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The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report
Adopted by a large majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 387
- Against
- 191
- Abstained
- 46
roll-call vote at 14:58 · 62% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Konstantinos Arvanitis · Report A-10-2026-0091
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its resolution on the Commission's 2025 Rule of Law report, setting out its position on the state of rule of law in the EU.§1: source passage in the text The resolution calls for strengthening the Commission's reporting, protecting journalists and civil society, and ensuring EU funds do not facilitate rights violations.§2: source passage in the text It also urges EU institutions to respect rule of law obligations and to address socio-economic inequalities and racism as part of the rule of law agenda.§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 39 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 41 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 107 for, 0 against, 13 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 63 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 132 for, 11 against, 12 abstainedof 188
- ECR Against 0 for, 67 against, 10 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Against 0 for, 73 against, 1 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 26 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 5 for, 14 against, 6 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
51 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (39 of 40). Abstained: 1
Nikos Pappas (Greece)
Greens voted for (41 of 44). Abstained: 3
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), Diana Riba I Giner (Spain), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain)
S&D voted for (107 of 120). Abstained: 13
Alicia Homs Ginel (Spain), César Luena (Spain), Cristina Maestre (Spain), Elena Sancho Murillo (Spain), Hana Jalloul Muro (Spain)
8 more from S&D
Javier Moreno Sánchez (Spain), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Spain), Leire Pajín (Spain), Lina Gálvez (Spain), Marcos Ros Sempere (Spain), Maria Grapini (Romania), Rosa Serrano Sierra (Spain), Sandra Gómez López (Spain)
EPP voted for (132 of 155). Against: 11, Abstained: 12
Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, abstained), Ana Miguel Pedro (Portugal, against), Andrey Novakov (Bulgaria, abstained), Branko Grims (Slovenia, against), Céline Imart (France, abstained)
18 more from EPP
Christian Doleschal (Germany, abstained), Christophe Gomart (France, against), David Casa (Malta, abstained), Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (Poland, abstained), Henrik Dahl (Denmark, abstained), Ilia Lazarov (Bulgaria, against), Isabelle Le Callennec (France, abstained), Kinga Kollár (Hungary, abstained), Marco Falcone (Italy, abstained), Massimiliano Salini (Italy, against), Milan Zver (Slovenia, against), Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia, against), Monika Hohlmeier (Germany, abstained), Nadine Morano (France, against), Paulius Saudargas (Lithuania, abstained), Romana Tomc (Slovenia, against), Tomislav Sokol (Croatia, against), Zala Černilec Tomašič (Slovenia, against)
ECR voted against (67 of 77). Abstained: 10
Assita Kanko (Belgium), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece), Galato Alexandraki (Greece), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium), Kris van Dijck (Belgium)
5 more from ECR
Ondřej Krutílek (Czechia), Reinis Pozņaks (Latvia), Rihards Kols (Latvia), Roberts Zīle (Latvia), Veronika Vrecionová (Czechia)
Patriots voted against (73 of 74). Abstained: 1
Afroditi Latinopoulou (Greece)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 20 amendments (1 adopted, 19 rejected) and 11 parts of the text voted on separately (10 adopted, 1 rejected).