← Votes·2023-10-18

2024 general budget: all sections

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 159201Source: 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+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 “2024 general budget: all sections”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (424 for, 101 against, 102 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

424

Against

101

Abstain

102

Margin of victory

323 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 134Against 2Abstain 24Absent 19

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 6Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 78Against 5Abstain 6Absent 11

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 40Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 20Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 14Against 18Abstain 3Absent 11

The Left37 MEPs

For 12Against 12Abstain 7Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
France46
Spain45
Italy33
Romania29

Most against

Netherlands12
Hungary10
Sweden9

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Denmark
Hungary
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 5Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 17Abstain 9Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 8Abstain 7Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 29Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 12Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 23Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 6Absent 3

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