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Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

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Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 179234Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 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 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while NI and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (479 for, 82 against, 77 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

479

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

397 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 6Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 106Against 2Abstain 5Absent 22

ECR82 MEPs

For 53Against 12Abstain 11Absent 6

PfE82 MEPs

For 11Against 22Abstain 42Absent 7

Renew79 MEPs

For 65Against 4Abstain 2Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 28Against 2Abstain 4Absent 11

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 5Absent 0

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany63
Italy62
Spain46
Poland40
France35

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Denmark
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

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 6Against 3Abstain 10Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 4Abstain 32Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 63Against 24Abstain 2Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 6Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 5Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 40Against 5Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 4Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 7Abstain 1Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 5Absent 0

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