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Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending directive *

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168434Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Significant 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+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 “Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending directive *”. EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (359 for, 166 against, 61 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

359

Against

166

Abstain

Margin of victory

193 votes

Turnout (cast)

586

Absent

119

Participation rate

83.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 135Against 2Abstain 8Absent 34

S&D136 MEPs

For 85Against 14Abstain 20Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 2Abstain 3Absent 12

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 4Against 55Abstain 5Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 39Against 8Abstain 9Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 4Against 31Abstain 15Absent 14

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 1Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 7Against 20Abstain 0Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
Spain45
Poland42
Romania21
Czech Republic17

Most against

France42
Netherlands15
Hungary9
Austria6

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 5Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 28Against 42Abstain 0Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 36Abstain 5Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 44Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

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 42Against 1Abstain 1Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 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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