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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 166498Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Resolution / budget vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some 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+15 / 25

Close vote+0 / 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”. ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (221 for, 342 against, 10 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.

Result analysis

For

221

Against

342

Abstain

Margin of victory

121 votes

Turnout (cast)

573

Absent

132

Participation rate

81.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 69Against 78Abstain 2Absent 30

S&D136 MEPs

For 9Against 104Abstain 1Absent 22

Renew100 MEPs

For 19Against 58Abstain 3Absent 20

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 0Against 61Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 0Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 3Against 27Abstain 2Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 2Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland24
Czech Republic13
Croatia7
Denmark7
Hungary7

Most against

Germany41
France40
Spain30
Italy29
Portugal19

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 27Against 40Abstain 3Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 41Abstain 0Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 29Abstain 1Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 7Against 18Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 20Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 19Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 16Against 30Abstain 1Absent 12

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

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