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Amending budget 2/2023: surplus of the financial year 2022

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "financial year"

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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Vote ID 156750Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Amending budget 2/2023: surplus of the financial year 2022”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (606 for, 4 against, 29 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

606

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

602 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 165Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 12Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 9Absent 6

The Left37 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

NI46 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 3Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany84
France72
Italy66
Poland49
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 72Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 9Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 5Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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