← Votes·2025-04-02

Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 174591Source: 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
✓Significant 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III”. EPP, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (328 for, 297 against, 55 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

328

Against

297

Abstain

Margin of victory

31 votes

Turnout (cast)

680

Absent

Participation rate

94.6%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 31 votes. 39 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (39) 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

EPP185 MEPs

For 171Against 4Abstain 2Absent 8

S&D135 MEPs

For 15Against 114Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR82 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Renew79 MEPs

For 15Against 61Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE81 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 40Absent 9

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 1Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 2Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 5Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland43
Italy38
Czech Republic19
Romania16
Austria13

Most against

Germany50
France36
Spain31
Netherlands17
Belgium11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 11Against 36Abstain 27Absent 8

Germany95 MEPs

For 37Against 50Abstain 0Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 9Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 32Abstain 0Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 14Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 28Against 31Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 3Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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