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2020 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Committee of the Regions

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 142236Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “2020 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Committee of the Regions”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (557 for, 50 against, 26 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

557

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

507 votes

Turnout (cast)

633

Absent

Participation rate

89.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 2Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew101 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 11Against 29Abstain 20Absent 7

ECR63 MEPs

For 41Against 9Abstain 3Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
Spain52
France49
Italy48
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 16Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 8Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 21Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs