← Votes·2021-04-29

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 130851Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+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 - Commission and executive agencies”. EPP, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, Left and ESN voted mostly against. S&D and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (362 for, 164 against, 156 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

362

Against

164

Abstain

156

Margin of victory

198 votes

Turnout (cast)

682

Absent

Participation rate

96.7%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 163Against 5Abstain 8Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 114Absent 12

Renew101 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 3Against 57Abstain 6Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 7Against 52Abstain 2Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 9Against 15Abstain 17Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 4Against 30Abstain 3Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
France43
Spain25
Romania22
Czech Republic17

Most against

Italy34
Poland26

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
France
Greece
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 1Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 10Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 30Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 18Abstain 13Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 17Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 34Abstain 17Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 6Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 17Against 26Abstain 7Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 11Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 10Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 25Against 10Abstain 24Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 5Absent 0

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