← 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

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Vote ID 166471Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Resolution / budget vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+15 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (279 for, 280 against, 16 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

279

Against

280

Abstain

Margin of victory

1 votes

Turnout (cast)

575

Absent

130

Participation rate

81.6%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 1 vote. 130 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (130) was larger than the 1-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 29 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
S&Dhad 22 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Renewhad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
ECRhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
NIhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
PfEhad 13 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Greens-EFAhad 10 absent MEPs (margin was 1)
Lefthad 6 absent MEPs (margin was 1)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (18 absent)Germany (16 absent)Greece (10 absent)Romania (10 absent)France (9 absent)Hungary (8 absent)Poland (8 absent)Spain (8 absent)Netherlands (5 absent)Austria (4 absent)Bulgaria (4 absent)Cyprus (4 absent)Belgium (3 absent)Denmark (3 absent)Finland (3 absent)Latvia (3 absent)Malta (3 absent)Slovakia (3 absent)Lithuania (2 absent)Sweden (2 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 23Against 124Abstain 3Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 107Against 7Abstain 0Absent 22

Renew100 MEPs

For 39Against 42Abstain 1Absent 18

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 1Absent 13

ECR65 MEPs

For 2Against 41Abstain 6Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 10Abstain 4Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany46
France42
Spain29
Netherlands18
Portugal18

Most against

Poland38
Italy32
Romania23
Czech Republic12
Bulgaria11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 42Against 26Abstain 2Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 34Abstain 0Absent 16

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 3Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 32Abstain 1Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 6Against 38Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 29Against 22Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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