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Draft Amending Budget 3/2024: Reinforcing the European Public Prosecutor's Office following the accession of Poland and the expected participation of Sweden

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"

Reviewed: no

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Enlargement65%

Confidence: 65%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "accession"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 168833Source: 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+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 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 “Draft Amending Budget 3/2024: Reinforcing the European Public Prosecutor's Office following the accession of Poland and the expected participation of Sweden”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (434 for, 45 against, 55 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

434

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

389 votes

Turnout (cast)

534

Absent

171

Participation rate

75.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 137Against 0Abstain 0Absent 42

S&D136 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 38

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR65 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 36Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 32Abstain 10Absent 21

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 7Abstain 5Absent 16

The Left38 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 2Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France50
Spain49
Italy23
Poland22

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 17Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 11Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 6Absent 11

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 23Against 13Abstain 4Absent 36

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 20Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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