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Rule of law in member states

Decisions about the rule of law, judicial independence, media freedom or democratic standards in an EU member state.

Decisions
6 on 6 sitting days
Outcomes
6 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
18 Jun 2025 – 20 May 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
6
By kind
Resolutions 6
Part of
Justice, rule of law & rights
Key
justice/rule-of-law
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Decisions, 6

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The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

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 2026The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report ResolutionsAdopted387 for, 191 against, 46 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

Dossiers, 6

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
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

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Group lines

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

The last 6 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.0Divided0With outcome6of6
GreensFor6Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
S&DFor6Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
RenewFor6Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
EPPFor6Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of6
ECRFor0Against6Abst.0Divided0With outcome0of6
PatriotsFor0Against6Abst.0Divided0With outcome0of6
ESNFor0Against6Abst.0Divided0With outcome0of6

Connections

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

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/justice?sub=rule-of-law
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
26 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Rule of law in member states”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/justice?sub=rule-of-law (retrieved 26 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-topic-justice-rule-of-law,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Rule of law in member states}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/justice?sub=rule-of-law}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/justice?sub=rule-of-law},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}