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Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs

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 154624Source: 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
✓Some 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+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (434 for, 99 against, 89 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

434

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

335 votes

Turnout (cast)

622

Absent

Participation rate

88.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 143Against 7Abstain 9Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 3Abstain 6Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 66Against 6Abstain 16Absent 12

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 18Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 35Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 17Against 16Abstain 1Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 24Against 7Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
France51
Spain46
Italy36
Romania29

Most against

Sweden13
Hungary11

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Denmark
Hungary
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 4Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 21Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 10Abstain 8Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 1Abstain 24Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 11Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 21Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 4Absent 0

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