← 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 166483Source: 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+12 / 15

Legislative+12 / 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 “Guidelines for the 2025 Budget – Section III”. EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (273 for, 282 against, 19 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

273

Against

282

Abstain

Margin of victory

9 votes

Turnout (cast)

574

Absent

131

Participation rate

81.4%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 9 votes. 131 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (131) was larger than the 9-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 33 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
S&Dhad 21 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
Renewhad 18 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
ECRhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
NIhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
PfEhad 13 absent MEPs (margin was 9)
Greens-EFAhad 10 absent MEPs (margin was 9)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Italy (18 absent)Germany (15 absent)Hungary (12 absent)Greece (10 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 127Against 15Abstain 4Absent 33

S&D136 MEPs

For 9Against 105Abstain 1Absent 21

Renew100 MEPs

For 19Against 54Abstain 9Absent 18

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 59Abstain 1Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 32Abstain 0Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 11Against 17Abstain 3Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland36
Italy30
Czech Republic14
Romania14
Belgium9

Most against

France41
Germany41
Spain32
Portugal19
Ireland13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Italy
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 30Against 41Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 35Against 41Abstain 5Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 28Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 13Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 36Against 6Abstain 3Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 14Against 10Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 19Against 32Abstain 1Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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