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Amending budget 3/2022: surplus of the financial year 2021

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "financial year"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Economy & Finance63%

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "financial year"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 147459Source: 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
✓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+0 / 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 “Amending budget 3/2022: surplus of the financial year 2021”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (565 for, 15 against, 24 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

565

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

550 votes

Turnout (cast)

604

Absent

100

Participation rate

85.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 159Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

PfE67 MEPs

For 45Against 5Abstain 7Absent 10

ECR63 MEPs

For 43Against 3Abstain 2Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 9Absent 4

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 3Absent 12

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France72
Spain54
Italy52
Poland38

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 8Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 2Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

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