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2022 discharge: EU general budget - Commission

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 168074Source: 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
✓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+7 / 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 - Commission”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and NI voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (438 for, 167 against, 5 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

438

Against

167

Abstain

Margin of victory

271 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 149Against 6Abstain 0Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 114Against 5Abstain 2Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 57Abstain 0Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 49Abstain 0Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 2Against 31Abstain 1Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 15Abstain 1Absent 14

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany74
France44
Spain44
Italy36
Netherlands19

Most against

Poland25
Sweden14
Hungary8

Divided delegations

Hungary
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 44Against 23Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 74Against 15Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 26Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 25Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

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