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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 175687Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
80
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Budget-related
  • ✓High-interest topic: Budget
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Significant national delegation divergence
  • ✓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+10 / 15
Country division+12 / 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, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (519 for, 126 against, 16 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
519
Against
126
Abstain
16
Margin of victory
393 votes
Turnout (cast)
661
Absent
59
Participation rate
91.8%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs
For 169Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16
S&D135 MEPs
For 125Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10
PfE81 MEPs
For 1Against 70Abstain 6Absent 4
ECR82 MEPs
For 62Against 8Abstain 7Absent 5
Renew79 MEPs
For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7
Greens/EFA53 MEPs
For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5
The Left45 MEPs
For 37Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5
NI29 MEPs
For 5Against 18Abstain 2Absent 4
ESN27 MEPs
For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany65
  • Italy63
  • Spain47
  • France45
  • Poland45
Most against
  • Hungary11
Divided delegations
  • Czech Republic
  • France
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Slovakia
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria20 MEPs
For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium22 MEPs
For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2
Croatia12 MEPs
For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 5Against 5Abstain 10Absent 1
Denmark15 MEPs
For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Estonia7 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland15 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2
France82 MEPs
For 45Against 31Abstain 3Absent 3
Germany96 MEPs
For 65Against 19Abstain 2Absent 10
Greece21 MEPs
For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1
Ireland14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Italy76 MEPs
For 63Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6
Latvia9 MEPs
For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Malta6 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands31 MEPs
For 23Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1
Poland53 MEPs
For 45Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5
Portugal21 MEPs
For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovakia15 MEPs
For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovenia9 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Spain60 MEPs
For 47Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6
Sweden21 MEPs
For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

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