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Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2022

Budget98%
Confidence: 98%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "financial year"
  • title/description contains "revenue and expenditure"
  • title/description contains "estimates of revenue"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Economy & Finance63%
Confidence: 63%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "financial year"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Economy & Finance
Vote ID 130844Source: official EP roll-call records
71
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • Main vote
  • Budget-related
  • High-interest topic: Budget
  • Some political group division
  • 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+0 / 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 “Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2022”. 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 (582 for, 91 against, 18 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
582
Against
91
Abstain
18
Margin of victory
491 votes
Turnout (cast)
691
Absent
14
Participation rate
98.0%
This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 164Against 4Abstain 8Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 132Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE67 MEPs
For 11Against 55Abstain 0Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 40Against 17Abstain 4Absent 2
NI44 MEPs
For 30Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2
The Left38 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany82
  • Spain55
  • Poland50
  • Italy49
  • France48
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 48Against 23Abstain 8Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 82Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3
Greece21 MEPs
For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 49Against 25Abstain 0Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 20Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Portugal21 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 55Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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