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2019 discharge: EU general budget - Council and European Council

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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Institutional Affairs61%

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "european council"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 129624Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 - Council and European Council”. S&D, Renew, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Greens-EFA and ECR voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (312 for, 334 against, 55 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

312

Against

334

Abstain

Margin of victory

22 votes

Turnout (cast)

701

Absent

Participation rate

99.4%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 22 votes. 4 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (4) was not larger than the 22-vote margin.

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 7Against 170Abstain 1Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 89Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 2Against 69Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 24Against 10Abstain 32Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 58Abstain 4Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 15Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy54
Spain36
France35
Romania18
Portugal13

Most against

Germany57
Poland45
Netherlands17
Hungary14
Czech Republic12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 35Against 21Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 28Against 57Abstain 11Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 19Abstain 0Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 45Abstain 0Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 36Against 20Abstain 3Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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