← Votes·2021-04-28

2019 discharge: EU general budget - European Economic and Social Committee

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 129691Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+15 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 - European Economic and Social Committee”. S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (322 for, 316 against, 56 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

322

Against

316

Abstain

Margin of victory

6 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.4%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 6 votes. 11 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (11) was larger than the 6-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 5Against 170Abstain 2Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 96Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 62Abstain 4Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 46Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 15Against 23Abstain 4Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 35Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
France42
Spain36
Romania17
Netherlands16

Most against

Italy43
Greece14
Hungary13
Portugal11
Austria10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 37Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 45Abstain 1Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 43Abstain 7Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 17Abstain 27Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 14Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 36Against 19Abstain 4Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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