← Votes·2023-05-10

2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 154777Source: 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+7 / 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 “2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (460 for, 129 against, 49 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

460

Against

129

Abstain

Margin of victory

331 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

90.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 56Abstain 2Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 3Against 35Abstain 19Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 9Against 23Abstain 3Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 22Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France47
Spain44
Italy31
Romania29

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

Belgium
Greece
Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 21Abstain 6Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 11Abstain 6Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 3Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 15Abstain 19Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 25Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

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