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Amending budget 5/2022: additional measures to address the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine; Union Civil Protection Mechanism reinforcement; reduction in payment appropriations and update of revenues; other adjustments and technical updates

Russia95%★

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "russian"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Ukraine95%

Confidence: 95%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title mentions "ukraine"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Budget87%

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "appropriations"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

"ukraine" is a non-EU country topic
"russian" is a non-EU country topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 150265Source: 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: Ukraine
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+4 / 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 5/2022: additional measures to address the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine; Union Civil Protection Mechanism reinforcement; reduction in payment appropriations and update of revenues; other adjustments and technical updates”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (539 for, 7 against, 27 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

539

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

532 votes

Turnout (cast)

573

Absent

131

Participation rate

81.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 144Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

PfE65 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 12Absent 11

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR64 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 6Absent 12

NI45 MEPs

For 27Against 5Abstain 2Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 5Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France67
Italy62
Germany61
Spain44
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

France79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 8Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy75 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 3Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

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