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Rule of law in EU

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9 on 8 sitting days
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9 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
18 Dec 2024 – 20 May 2026
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9
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Other 1 · Resolutions 8
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Recurring EU debate over threats to the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights in member states.

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Decisions, 9

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
20 May 2026Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response ResolutionsAdopted347 for, 165 against, 25 abstained by roll call
29 Apr 2026Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 ResolutionsAdopted328 for, 199 against, 98 abstained by roll call
29 Apr 2026The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report ResolutionsAdopted387 for, 191 against, 46 abstained by roll call
28 Apr 2026Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield OtherAdopted422 for, 202 against, 9 abstained by roll call
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania ResolutionsAdopted385 for, 165 against, 35 abstained by roll call
18 Dec 2025Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime ResolutionsAdopted386 for, 184 against, 15 abstained by roll call
25 Nov 2025Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded ResolutionsAdopted415 for, 193 against, 28 abstained by roll call
18 Jun 2025The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report ResolutionsAdopted405 for, 210 against, 36 abstained by roll call
18 Dec 2024Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office ResolutionsAdopted441 for, 178 against, 34 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 8

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response 2026-2607Decisions120 May 2026 · Adopted
Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 2025-2135Decisions129 Apr 2026 · Adopted
The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report 2025-2239Decisions129 Apr 2026 · Adopted
Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania 2026-2568Decisions122 Jan 2026 · Adopted
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime 2025-2061Decisions118 Dec 2025 · Adopted
Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded 2018-0902RDecisions125 Nov 2025 · Adopted
The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report 2024-2078Decisions118 Jun 2025 · Adopted
Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office 2024-2999Decisions118 Dec 2024 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 9 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor6Against0Abst.1Divided2With outcome8of9
GreensFor9Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome9of9
S&DFor9Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome9of9
RenewFor9Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome9of9
EPPFor8Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome9of9
ECRFor0Against8Abst.0Divided1With outcome0of9
PatriotsFor0Against9Abst.0Divided0With outcome0of9
ESNFor0Against9Abst.0Divided0With outcome0of9

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

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Running issues

Sources & citation

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/rule-of-law-in-eu
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25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Rule of law in EU”. Running issue, 20 May 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/rule-of-law-in-eu (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-issue-rule-of-law-in-eu,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Rule of law in EU}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-20},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/rule-of-law-in-eu}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/rule-of-law-in-eu},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}