← Votes·2023-11-22

Amending budget 4/2023: reduction in payment appropriations; other adjustments and technical updates

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "appropriations"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 161198Source: 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 4/2023: reduction in payment appropriations; other adjustments and technical updates”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (584 for, 11 against, 20 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

584

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

573 votes

Turnout (cast)

615

Absent

Participation rate

87.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR64 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 45Against 2Abstain 8Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 30Against 5Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left36 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 5Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
Italy70
France67
Spain51
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 7Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland51 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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