← Votes·2024-04-11

2022 discharge: EU general budget - EDF (9th, 10th and 11th)

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 167270Source: 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
✓Very fragmented political vote
✓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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 - EDF (9th, 10th and 11th)”. EPP, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE voted mostly against. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (242 for, 62 against, 294 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

242

Against

Abstain

294

Margin of victory

180 votes

Turnout (cast)

598

Absent

107

Participation rate

84.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 147Against 0Abstain 1Absent 31

S&D136 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 109Absent 19

Renew100 MEPs

For 19Against 15Abstain 54Absent 12

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 59Absent 8

ECR65 MEPs

For 45Against 12Abstain 2Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 3Against 25Abstain 25Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 30Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 9Absent 16

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland39
Netherlands14
Czech Republic12
Hungary10
Bulgaria8

Most against

France31

Divided delegations

Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 9Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 11Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 7Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 7Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 8Against 31Abstain 27Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 46Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 6Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 6Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 37Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 8Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 39Against 2Abstain 7Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 14Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 13Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 31Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 12Absent 0

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