← Votes·2024-01-18

Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds

Vote ID 163628Source: 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
✓Legislative procedure
✓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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (345 for, 104 against, 29 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

345

Against

104

Abstain

Margin of victory

241 votes

Turnout (cast)

478

Absent

227

Participation rate

67.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 103Against 3Abstain 7Absent 66

S&D136 MEPs

For 80Against 0Abstain 3Absent 53

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 4Absent 18

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 36Abstain 5Absent 24

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 18Abstain 3Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 5Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany48
France42
Spain33
Italy26
Poland22

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Italy
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 2Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 17Abstain 3Absent 17

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 5Abstain 7Absent 36

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 26Against 16Abstain 0Absent 34

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 22Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 6Absent 16

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 33Against 3Abstain 0Absent 23

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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