← Votes·2024-03-13

Guidelines for the 2025 Budget – Section III

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

View all votes on Budget →

Vote ID 166131Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Guidelines for the 2025 Budget – Section III”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (380 for, 102 against, 100 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

380

Against

102

Abstain

100

Margin of victory

278 votes

Turnout (cast)

582

Absent

123

Participation rate

82.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 123Against 9Abstain 18Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 106Against 11Abstain 3Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 69Against 3Abstain 10Absent 18

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 2Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 17Absent 14

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 39Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 11Against 13Abstain 8Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 14Abstain 3Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Spain41
France38
Italy37
Romania23

Most against

Sweden15

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Hungary
Netherlands
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 6Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 25Abstain 8Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 14Abstain 5Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 1Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 20Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 9Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 23Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 3Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 5Abstain 5Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…