← Votes·2022-04-05

Guidelines for the 2023 budget - Section III

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 141325Source: 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
✓Some 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Guidelines for the 2023 budget - Section III”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (463 for, 71 against, 97 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

463

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

392 votes

Turnout (cast)

631

Absent

Participation rate

89.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 147Against 2Abstain 15Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 3Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew101 MEPs

For 88Against 2Abstain 4Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 41Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 28Abstain 22Absent 15

NI44 MEPs

For 20Against 16Abstain 3Absent 5

The Left38 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 12Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
Spain47
Italy41
France37
Romania27

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Denmark

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 5Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 37Against 14Abstain 6Absent 22

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 8Abstain 3Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 1Abstain 28Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 25Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 2Abstain 5Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

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