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Draft amending budget No 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "financial year"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Economy & Finance63%

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "financial year"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 177690Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main 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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Draft amending budget No 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (534 for, 102 against, 56 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

534

Against

102

Abstain

Margin of victory

432 votes

Turnout (cast)

692

Absent

Participation rate

96.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 171Against 0Abstain 5Absent 9

S&D135 MEPs

For 123Against 2Abstain 3Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 62Against 12Abstain 6Absent 2

PfE81 MEPs

For 13Against 51Abstain 15Absent 2

Renew79 MEPs

For 60Against 3Abstain 14Absent 2

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 6Abstain 7Absent 0

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany68
Italy65
Spain50
France47
Poland41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 9Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 47Against 31Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 68Against 18Abstain 7Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 8Absent 3

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 8Abstain 9Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 41Against 6Abstain 2Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 50Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

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