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Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast) ***I

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 166023Source: 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+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast) ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (437 for, 45 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

437

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

392 votes

Turnout (cast)

554

Absent

151

Participation rate

78.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 0Absent 44

S&D136 MEPs

For 108Against 0Abstain 0Absent 28

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 41Absent 12

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 26Abstain 23Absent 14

NI46 MEPs

For 15Against 12Abstain 4Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
France52
Spain46
Italy33
Netherlands20

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 19Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 10Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 18Absent 24

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 4Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 25Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 1Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

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