← Votes·2021-04-27

2019 discharge: EU general budget - Commission and executive agencies

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 130027Source: 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

Show full breakdown

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+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 “2019 discharge: EU general budget - Commission and executive agencies”. S&D, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (347 for, 339 against, 11 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

347

Against

339

Abstain

Margin of victory

8 votes

Turnout (cast)

697

Absent

Participation rate

98.9%

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

Close vote analysis

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

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (8) was not larger than the 8-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 8Against 168Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 8Abstain 6Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 6Against 93Abstain 2Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 55Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 16Against 46Abstain 0Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 31Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
Italy55
France47
Spain33
Belgium13

Most against

Poland43
Romania22
Hungary20
Netherlands18
Bulgaria12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 31Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 36Abstain 0Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 18Abstain 1Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 22Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 25Abstain 1Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 5Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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