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2022 discharge: EU general budget - European External Action Service

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 167246Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main 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+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 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 “2022 discharge: EU general budget - European External Action Service”. EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (419 for, 153 against, 29 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

419

Against

153

Abstain

Margin of victory

266 votes

Turnout (cast)

601

Absent

104

Participation rate

85.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 144Against 3Abstain 3Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 112Against 2Abstain 2Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 1Abstain 5Absent 11

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 11Against 49Abstain 3Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 47Against 11Abstain 2Absent 5

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 2Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 15Abstain 5Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 10Against 17Abstain 5Absent 6

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany55
Poland47
France38
Italy37
Spain36

Most against

Hungary9
Greece6

Divided delegations

Belgium
Finland
France
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 38Against 28Abstain 1Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 55Against 24Abstain 6Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 2Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 22Abstain 2Absent 15

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 36Against 12Abstain 3Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

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