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Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Ombudsman

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 175707Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓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+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 – European Ombudsman”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (568 for, 54 against, 43 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

568

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

514 votes

Turnout (cast)

665

Absent

Participation rate

92.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 170Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 6Absent 4

PfE81 MEPs

For 15Against 45Abstain 17Absent 4

Renew79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 39Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 21Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 18Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Italy71
France49
Spain48
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 49Against 29Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 2Abstain 13Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 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 45Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 6Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

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