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2022 discharge: EU general budget - European Parliament

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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Institutional Affairs61%

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "european parliament"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168154Source: 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 - European Parliament”. 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 (527 for, 73 against, 11 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

527

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

454 votes

Turnout (cast)

611

Absent

Participation rate

86.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 151Against 0Abstain 1Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 50Against 8Abstain 1Absent 6

PfE64 MEPs

For 4Against 48Abstain 0Absent 12

The Left38 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 5Absent 4

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 11Abstain 4Absent 13

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany81
France52
Poland48
Spain46
Italy43

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 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 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 15Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 81Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 43Against 19Abstain 1Absent 13

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 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 7Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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