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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 142787Source: 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
✓Close result
✓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+6 / 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, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (291 for, 333 against, 8 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

291

Against

333

Abstain

Margin of victory

42 votes

Turnout (cast)

632

Absent

Participation rate

89.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 6Against 157Abstain 1Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew101 MEPs

For 36Against 55Abstain 1Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 62Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 6Against 51Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 49Abstain 2Absent 7

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 13Abstain 3Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany46
France36
Spain31
Portugal15
Belgium11

Most against

Italy42
Poland38
Romania20
Netherlands14
Hungary12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 18Abstain 1Absent 24

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 42Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 1Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 42Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 14Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 38Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 20Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 31Against 27Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

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