← Votes·2021-04-28

2019 discharge: EU general budget - 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th EDFs

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 129610Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Resolution / budget vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+15 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “2019 discharge: EU general budget - 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th EDFs”. S&D, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (335 for, 327 against, 31 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

335

Against

327

Abstain

Margin of victory

8 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.3%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 8 votes. 12 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (12) was larger than the 8-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 9Against 167Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 19Against 82Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 5Against 42Abstain 20Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 46Against 13Abstain 3Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 14Abstain 8Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
Spain46
Poland35
Portugal14
Belgium9

Most against

Italy38
France31
Romania21
Netherlands16
Hungary15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 25Against 31Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 38Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 35Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 21Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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