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Discharge 2024: 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 190343Source: 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
✓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+0 / 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 2024: EU general budget – European Ombudsman”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (593 for, 14 against, 45 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

593

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

579 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 165Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 49Against 2Abstain 30Absent 1

PfE85 MEPs

For 58Against 6Abstain 14Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany86
France76
Spain47
Italy45
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 24Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 5Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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