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2022 discharge: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Civil Liberties64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "data protection"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 167121Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “2022 discharge: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (556 for, 19 against, 28 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

556

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

537 votes

Turnout (cast)

603

Absent

102

Participation rate

85.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 146Against 0Abstain 0Absent 33

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 8Abstain 1Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 23Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 28Against 4Abstain 1Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
Italy58
France53
Spain51
Poland49

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 14Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 8Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

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