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2022 discharge: EU general budget - Committee of the Regions

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 167225Source: 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 - Committee of the Regions”. 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 (543 for, 48 against, 19 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

543

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

495 votes

Turnout (cast)

610

Absent

Participation rate

86.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 50Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 29Abstain 18Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 27Against 4Abstain 1Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France52
Poland49
Spain49
Italy43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 16Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 77Against 8Abstain 0Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 18Absent 15

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 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

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