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2020 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee

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 142820Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 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 Economic and Social Committee”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (429 for, 158 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

429

Against

158

Abstain

Margin of victory

271 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 7Against 145Abstain 4Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Renew101 MEPs

For 92Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 4Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 34Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 27Against 7Abstain 3Absent 7

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
France55
Italy54
Spain40
Netherlands20

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
Croatia
Greece
Ireland
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 55Against 7Abstain 3Absent 14

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 27Abstain 2Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 9Abstain 8Absent 5

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 13Abstain 21Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 12Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 40Against 15Abstain 3Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

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