← Votes·2025-05-07

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 175695Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Resolution / budget vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+15 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (271 for, 290 against, 90 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

271

Against

290

Abstain

Margin of victory

19 votes

Turnout (cast)

651

Absent

Participation rate

90.4%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 19 votes. 69 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (69) was larger than the 19-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 22 absent MEPs (margin was 19)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 8Against 148Abstain 7Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 113Against 0Abstain 11Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 57Abstain 21Absent 4

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 40Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 45Against 22Abstain 4Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 22Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France37
Sweden13
Belgium12
Ireland11
Finland10

Most against

Germany46
Italy38
Spain29
Poland25
Romania19

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 8Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 13Abstain 29Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 46Abstain 0Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 6Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 38Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 25Abstain 19Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 6Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 19Abstain 9Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 29Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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