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2024 budget: estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2024, Section I – European Parliament

Budget98%★

Confidence: 98%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "financial year"
title/description contains "revenue and expenditure"
title/description contains "estimates of revenue"

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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Institutional Affairs61%

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "european parliament"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154468Source: official EP roll-call records

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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
✓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+12 / 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 “2024 budget: estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2024, Section I – European Parliament”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (367 for, 150 against, 38 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

367

Against

150

Abstain

Margin of victory

217 votes

Turnout (cast)

555

Absent

150

Participation rate

78.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 134Against 2Abstain 5Absent 38

S&D136 MEPs

For 100Against 1Abstain 3Absent 32

Renew100 MEPs

For 77Against 7Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 59Abstain 1Absent 11

ECR65 MEPs

For 33Against 14Abstain 4Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 42Abstain 2Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 12Abstain 6Absent 15

The Left37 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 16Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany44
Spain39
Poland38
France36
Italy30

Most against

Netherlands11
Czech Republic9

Divided delegations

Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 3Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 26Abstain 4Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 33Abstain 3Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 26Abstain 1Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 7Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 38Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 4Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 39Against 7Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

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