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2022 discharge: EU general budget - European Ombudsman

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 168016Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓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+0 / 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 Ombudsman”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (580 for, 8 against, 17 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

580

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

572 votes

Turnout (cast)

605

Absent

100

Participation rate

85.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 148Against 1Abstain 1Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR65 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 5Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 8Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 29Against 4Abstain 0Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany75
France65
Italy61
Spain54
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

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 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 65Against 1Abstain 2Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 75Against 1Abstain 9Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 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 25Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

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 54Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

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