← Votes·2024-10-23

General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections

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 170196Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Resolution / budget vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+15 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (291 for, 322 against, 39 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

291

Against

322

Abstain

Margin of victory

31 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.2%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 31 votes. 71 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (71) was larger than the 31-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 6Against 161Abstain 2Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 47Abstain 29Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 70Abstain 4Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 66Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 6Against 19Abstain 2Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France40
Netherlands17
Sweden13
Belgium12
Portugal12

Most against

Germany48
Poland46
Italy39
Spain28
Hungary17

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 40Against 4Abstain 32Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 48Abstain 1Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 39Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 28Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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