← Votes·2022-05-04

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

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 142809Source: 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
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 - Court of Justice”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (548 for, 51 against, 7 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

548

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

497 votes

Turnout (cast)

606

Absent

Participation rate

86.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 2Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew101 MEPs

For 88Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE67 MEPs

For 20Against 31Abstain 4Absent 12

ECR63 MEPs

For 45Against 9Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 1Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
Spain56
France50
Italy46
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 0Absent 28

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 8Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 46Against 21Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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