← Votes·2024-04-23

Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending regulation *

Vote ID 168426Source: 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
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending regulation *”. 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 (368 for, 166 against, 64 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

368

Against

166

Abstain

Margin of victory

202 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 139Against 2Abstain 10Absent 28

S&D136 MEPs

For 84Against 15Abstain 20Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 2Abstain 4Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 4Against 55Abstain 5Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 39Against 8Abstain 8Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 5Against 31Abstain 15Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 9Against 20Abstain 1Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 28Abstain 1Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany46
Spain45
Poland43
Romania23
Czech Republic18

Most against

France43
Netherlands15
Hungary8

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 28Against 43Abstain 1Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 46Against 36Abstain 5Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 45Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 15Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 8Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 3Absent 1

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