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Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development Funds

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 175349Source: 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
✓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+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 “Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development Funds”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (443 for, 202 against, 21 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

443

Against

202

Abstain

Margin of victory

241 votes

Turnout (cast)

666

Absent

Participation rate

92.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 158Against 8Abstain 3Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 126Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 67Abstain 6Absent 4

PfE81 MEPs

For 1Against 72Abstain 5Absent 3

Renew79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 5Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 33Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 20Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
Spain45
Italy41
France40
Poland31

Most against

Hungary18
Czech Republic15

Divided delegations

Belgium
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 40Against 35Abstain 4Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 20Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 30Abstain 1Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 8Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 31Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 45Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

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