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2020 discharge: General budget of the EU - Court of Auditors

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 142161Source: 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
✓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+3 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “2020 discharge: General budget of the EU - Court of Auditors”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (361 for, 240 against, 46 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

361

Against

240

Abstain

Margin of victory

121 votes

Turnout (cast)

647

Absent

Participation rate

91.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 18Against 139Abstain 7Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Renew101 MEPs

For 91Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 39Abstain 23Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 43Abstain 7Absent 8

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 13Abstain 6Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany52
France47
Spain41
Netherlands18
Belgium15

Most against

Italy40
Poland37
Hungary12
Greece9

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 1Abstain 19Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 52Against 36Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 1Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 40Abstain 1Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 37Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 13Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

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