← 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 175776Source: 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
✓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+15 / 25

Close vote+3 / 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”. S&D, PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (366 for, 271 against, 15 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

366

Against

271

Abstain

Margin of victory

95 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 25Against 145Abstain 1Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 4Abstain 2Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 33Against 34Abstain 5Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 1Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 36Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 6Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France53
Italy50
Romania19
Czech Republic18
Hungary17

Most against

Germany47
Spain27
Poland25
Sweden11
Belgium10

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 2Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 53Against 23Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 33Against 47Abstain 6Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 21Abstain 0Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 25Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 10Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 25Against 27Abstain 1Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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