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Amending budget 1/2021: financing the COVID-19 response and including refinements and updates related to the final adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework

Budget87%★
Confidence: 87%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "budget"
  • title/description contains "multiannual financial framework"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 131518Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
58
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Budget-related
  • ✓High-interest topic: Budget
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Some 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+4 / 10
Group division+0 / 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 “Amending budget 1/2021: financing the COVID-19 response and including refinements and updates related to the final adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (660 for, 32 against, 4 abstentions).

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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
660
Against
32
Abstain
4
Margin of victory
628 votes
Turnout (cast)
696
Absent
9
Participation rate
98.7%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 177Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
S&D136 MEPs
For 134Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Renew101 MEPs
For 100Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
PfE67 MEPs
For 53Against 13Abstain 1Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 53Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 35Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 36Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany85
  • France78
  • Italy74
  • Spain58
  • Poland50
Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Estonia7 MEPs
For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 85Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1
Greece21 MEPs
For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 25Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 50Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Sweden21 MEPs
For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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