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Discharge 2022: EU general budget – European Council and Council

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 council"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168778Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 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 “Discharge 2022: EU general budget – European Council and Council”. 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 (539 for, 26 against, 29 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

539

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

513 votes

Turnout (cast)

594

Absent

111

Participation rate

84.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 150Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

S&D136 MEPs

For 115Against 1Abstain 2Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 47Against 2Abstain 8Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 17Against 17Abstain 14Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 1Absent 21

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
Italy60
France54
Spain51
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 18Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 1Abstain 7Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

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