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2022 discharge: EU general budget - Court of Justice of the European Union

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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Vote ID 167199Source: 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
✓Many 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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 - Court of Justice of the European Union”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (525 for, 69 against, 9 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

525

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

456 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 152Against 0Abstain 0Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 116Against 3Abstain 1Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 44Against 11Abstain 3Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 45Abstain 1Absent 13

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 24Against 5Abstain 1Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France50
Spain47
Poland45
Italy42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 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 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 16Abstain 1Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 8Abstain 0Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 17Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

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