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2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Public Prosecutors Office

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 154862Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓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+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 - European Public Prosecutors Office”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (505 for, 111 against, 9 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

505

Against

111

Abstain

Margin of victory

394 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 1Abstain 1Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 44Abstain 6Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 7Against 46Abstain 1Absent 11

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 12Abstain 1Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 29Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France51
Spain49
Italy33
Romania28

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 20Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 9Abstain 1Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 27Abstain 1Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 26Against 20Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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