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Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "multiannual financial framework"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 150935Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 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 “Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (366 for, 128 against, 55 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

366

Against

128

Abstain

Margin of victory

238 votes

Turnout (cast)

549

Absent

156

Participation rate

77.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 114Against 5Abstain 18Absent 42

S&D137 MEPs

For 97Against 8Abstain 1Absent 31

Renew100 MEPs

For 66Against 13Abstain 5Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

PfE65 MEPs

For 0Against 36Abstain 20Absent 9

ECR64 MEPs

For 1Against 41Abstain 7Absent 15

NI45 MEPs

For 12Against 14Abstain 2Absent 17

The Left37 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 2Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Spain41
France36
Italy36
Romania24

Most against

Poland23
Sweden15
Hungary11
Denmark9

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Hungary
Netherlands
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 19Abstain 8Absent 16

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 14Abstain 0Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 26Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 4Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 19Against 23Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 3Abstain 1Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

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