← Votes·2025-05-07

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 175774Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+15 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 – Commission, executive agencies and European Development Funds”. S&D, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (201 for, 345 against, 109 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.

Result analysis

For

201

Against

345

Abstain

109

Margin of victory

144 votes

Turnout (cast)

655

Absent

Participation rate

91.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 0Against 169Abstain 0Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 8Abstain 1Absent 12

PfE81 MEPs

For 17Against 21Abstain 38Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 61Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 3Against 69Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 11Against 35Abstain 3Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 3Abstain 1Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 20Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy33
Spain27
Hungary12
Portugal9
Slovakia7

Most against

Germany64
Netherlands24
Poland22
Romania16
Austria15

Divided delegations

Estonia
France
Greece
Hungary
Luxembourg
Malta
Portugal
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 2Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 12Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 23Against 24Abstain 29Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 22Against 64Abstain 1Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 15Abstain 22Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 4Against 24Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 22Abstain 21Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 16Abstain 6Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 27Against 21Abstain 3Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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