← 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 174620Source: 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
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+15 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III”. EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (337 for, 311 against, 11 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

337

Against

311

Abstain

Margin of victory

26 votes

Turnout (cast)

659

Absent

Participation rate

91.7%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 26 votes. 60 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (60) was larger than the 26-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 32 absent MEPs (margin was 26)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (30 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

EPP185 MEPs

For 139Against 11Abstain 3Absent 32

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 132Abstain 0Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Renew79 MEPs

For 3Against 72Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE81 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 51Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 3Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland45
Italy39
Czech Republic18
Romania17
Hungary16

Most against

France40
Germany37
Spain30
Netherlands17
Belgium14

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 40Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany95 MEPs

For 27Against 37Abstain 1Absent 30

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 33Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 30Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

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