← Votes·2022-04-07

Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2023

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

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Vote ID 141529Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (337 for, 119 against, 38 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

337

Against

119

Abstain

Margin of victory

218 votes

Turnout (cast)

494

Absent

211

Participation rate

70.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 132Against 1Abstain 4Absent 42

S&D136 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 8Absent 55

Renew101 MEPs

For 67Against 1Abstain 8Absent 25

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 2Against 61Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR63 MEPs

For 26Against 13Abstain 9Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 5Absent 9

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 26Abstain 0Absent 39

NI44 MEPs

For 12Against 11Abstain 4Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany46
Poland42
France30
Spain26
Romania24

Most against

Italy25

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 7Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 30Against 10Abstain 0Absent 39

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 30Abstain 2Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 25Abstain 5Absent 27

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 6Absent 7

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain59 MEPs

For 26Against 6Abstain 3Absent 24

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 7Absent 2

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