← 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 170205Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Resolution / budget vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very 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+15 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (284 for, 289 against, 79 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

284

Against

289

Abstain

Margin of victory

5 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 5 votes. 71 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (71) was larger than the 5-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 19 absent MEPs (margin was 5)
S&Dhad 13 absent MEPs (margin was 5)
ECRhad 9 absent MEPs (margin was 5)
Renewhad 8 absent MEPs (margin was 5)
ESNhad 6 absent MEPs (margin was 5)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (11 absent)Romania (11 absent)France (7 absent)Spain (6 absent)

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 0Against 168Abstain 1Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 121Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

PfE81 MEPs

For 5Against 43Abstain 28Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 31Absent 9

Renew79 MEPs

For 53Against 17Abstain 1Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

NI30 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 15Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 2Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany40
Spain26
Netherlands17
Austria13
Portugal12

Most against

Italy39
Poland28
Hungary16
Czech Republic15
Belgium11

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 25Against 20Abstain 30Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 38Abstain 7Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 39Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 11Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 28Abstain 16Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 6Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 26Against 25Abstain 3Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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