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Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "financial year"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Economy & Finance63%

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "financial year"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 169890Source: 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
✓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+10 / 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 “Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (531 for, 91 against, 35 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

531

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

440 votes

Turnout (cast)

657

Absent

Participation rate

90.9%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 169Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

PfE81 MEPs

For 23Against 45Abstain 8Absent 5

Renew79 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 56Against 9Abstain 8Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 9Absent 4

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 1Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy68
Germany65
Poland47
Spain46
France44

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 9Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 44Against 34Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 18Abstain 4Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

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