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Amending budget 4/2019: reduction of commitment and payment appropriations in line with updated needs of expenditure and update of revenue (own resources)

Budget87%
Confidence: 87%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "budget"
  • title/description contains "appropriations"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 108806Source: official EP roll-call records
79
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Budget-related
  • High-interest topic: Budget
  • Some political group division
  • Some national delegation divergence
  • High participation
  • Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+12 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+12 / 15
Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Amending budget 4/2019: reduction of commitment and payment appropriations in line with updated needs of expenditure and update of revenue (own resources)”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (498 for, 89 against, 8 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For
498
Against
89
Abstain
8
Margin of victory
409 votes
Turnout (cast)
595
Absent
83
Participation rate
87.8%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs
For 147Against 6Abstain 0Absent 20
S&D132 MEPs
For 113Against 5Abstain 0Absent 14
Renew96 MEPs
For 83Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12
Greens/EFA67 MEPs
For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6
PfE64 MEPs
For 5Against 49Abstain 1Absent 9
ECR59 MEPs
For 34Against 11Abstain 3Absent 11
NI43 MEPs
For 18Against 14Abstain 3Absent 8
The Left37 MEPs
For 34Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany76
  • France48
  • Spain42
  • Poland39
  • Italy38
Most against
  • Hungary11
Divided delegations
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Sweden
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria18 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Belgium21 MEPs
For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Croatia11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2
Denmark13 MEPs
For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Estonia6 MEPs
For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3
Finland13 MEPs
For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France74 MEPs
For 48Against 18Abstain 0Absent 8
Germany96 MEPs
For 76Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10
Greece21 MEPs
For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2
Hungary21 MEPs
For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4
Ireland11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Italy73 MEPs
For 38Against 27Abstain 0Absent 8
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands26 MEPs
For 21Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1
Poland51 MEPs
For 39Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania32 MEPs
For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7
Slovakia13 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Spain54 MEPs
For 42Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10
Sweden20 MEPs
For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

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