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Amending budget 3/2023: update of revenue (own resources) and other technical adjustments including the set-up and financing for 2023 of the new defence industrial reinforcement instrument and of the European chips act

Defence & Security66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 159017Source: 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: Defence
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Amending budget 3/2023: update of revenue (own resources) and other technical adjustments including the set-up and financing for 2023 of the new defence industrial reinforcement instrument and of the European chips act”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (544 for, 24 against, 41 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

544

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

520 votes

Turnout (cast)

609

Absent

Participation rate

86.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 2Abstain 6Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 2Absent 14

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 48Against 5Abstain 4Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 40Against 5Abstain 10Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 7Abstain 9Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 6Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France68
Italy61
Spain48
Poland44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 1Abstain 9Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 9Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 7Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Individual MEP positions

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