← Votes·2025-05-07

Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union

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 175093Source: 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+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 “Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (485 for, 113 against, 61 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

485

Against

113

Abstain

Margin of victory

372 votes

Turnout (cast)

659

Absent

Participation rate

91.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 164Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 21Against 11Abstain 46Absent 4

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 66Abstain 11Absent 3

Renew79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
Spain46
France45
Italy41
Romania30

Most against

Hungary11

Divided delegations

France
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 45Against 34Abstain 0Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 14Abstain 1Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 23Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 29Against 3Abstain 16Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 6Abstain 2Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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