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Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Auditors

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 175144Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 Auditors”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (619 for, 19 against, 25 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

619

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

600 votes

Turnout (cast)

663

Absent

Participation rate

92.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 170Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE81 MEPs

For 58Against 6Abstain 14Absent 3

ECR82 MEPs

For 72Against 2Abstain 2Absent 6

Renew79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 39Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 7Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France79
Germany79
Italy71
Spain47
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 6Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 6Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

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