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Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget

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 163115Source: 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
✓Some 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+10 / 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 “Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (397 for, 134 against, 72 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

397

Against

134

Abstain

Margin of victory

263 votes

Turnout (cast)

603

Absent

102

Participation rate

85.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 1Abstain 0Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 82Against 23Abstain 8Absent 23

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 6Abstain 8Absent 6

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 57Abstain 3Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 27Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 4Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 16Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy53
Poland43
Germany42
Spain41
France27

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Belgium
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 5Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 6Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 17Abstain 25Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 38Abstain 1Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 13Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 6Abstain 6Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 2Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 11Abstain 3Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

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