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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 168785Source: 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
✓Strong 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Discharge 2022: EU general budget – European Council and Council”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (435 for, 92 against, 77 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

435

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

343 votes

Turnout (cast)

604

Absent

101

Participation rate

85.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 144Against 0Abstain 8Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 90Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 45Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 16Absent 13

The Left38 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 3Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 5Against 22Abstain 4Absent 15

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France47
Spain43
Italy29
Poland23

Most against

Hungary10

Divided delegations

Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 18Abstain 7Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 14Abstain 2Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 4Absent 8

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 5Abstain 25Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 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 21Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 21Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 43Against 10Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs