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Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "discharge"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 175085Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+7 / 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 “Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (475 for, 136 against, 53 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

475

Against

136

Abstain

Margin of victory

339 votes

Turnout (cast)

664

Absent

Participation rate

92.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 166Against 0Abstain 3Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 125Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 63Against 5Abstain 10Absent 4

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 71Abstain 6Absent 3

Renew79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 4Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 26Absent 5

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 18Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany62
Italy55
Poland45
Spain41
Romania30

Most against

France39
Hungary11

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Hungary
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 39Abstain 3Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 20Abstain 4Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 4Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 8Abstain 9Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 8Abstain 4Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 8Absent 0

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