← Votes·2023-04-19

Guidelines for the 2024 Budget - Section III

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154224Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓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+3 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+15 / 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 “Guidelines for the 2024 Budget - Section III”. EPP and Renew voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (210 for, 321 against, 105 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

210

Against

321

Abstain

105

Margin of victory

111 votes

Turnout (cast)

636

Absent

Participation rate

90.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 136Against 5Abstain 21Absent 17

S&D136 MEPs

For 3Against 116Abstain 1Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 60Against 29Abstain 5Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 3Against 61Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 36Abstain 24Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 37Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 2Against 30Abstain 4Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 10Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Romania19
Czech Republic11
Belgium8
Bulgaria8
Greece7

Most against

France57
Germany46
Spain38
Hungary17
Netherlands17

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 5Against 57Abstain 10Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 32Against 46Abstain 10Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 2Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 2Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 15Against 22Abstain 33Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 15Against 10Abstain 21Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 3Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 20Against 38Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 4Absent 0

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