← Votes·2024-01-18

Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds

Vote ID 163625Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds”. Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (159 for, 288 against, 22 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

159

Against

288

Abstain

Margin of victory

129 votes

Turnout (cast)

469

Absent

236

Participation rate

66.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 7Against 102Abstain 2Absent 68

S&D136 MEPs

For 15Against 62Abstain 6Absent 53

Renew100 MEPs

For 63Against 9Abstain 4Absent 24

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 4Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 46Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 1Absent 24

NI46 MEPs

For 7Against 20Abstain 4Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 19Against 3Abstain 1Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France36
Denmark8
Ireland7
Finland6
Luxembourg4

Most against

Poland40
Germany36
Italy25
Spain25
Portugal15

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 2Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 36Against 25Abstain 1Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 20Against 36Abstain 3Absent 37

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 17Against 25Abstain 0Absent 34

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 3Absent 11

Poland52 MEPs

For 2Against 40Abstain 2Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 19

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 9Against 25Abstain 2Absent 23

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

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