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Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors

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 190380Source: 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
✓Significant 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+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 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors”. EPP, ECR, Renew and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D and ESN voted mostly against. PfE, Greens-EFA and Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (343 for, 160 against, 150 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

343

Against

160

Abstain

150

Margin of victory

183 votes

Turnout (cast)

653

Absent

Participation rate

90.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 164Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 5Against 114Abstain 5Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 53Against 1Abstain 27Absent 1

PfE85 MEPs

For 32Against 12Abstain 34Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 38Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 37Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 24Abstain 2Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 7Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland44
Germany43
Czech Republic18
Romania16
Netherlands15

Most against

Spain21
Austria10

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
France
Greece
Italy
Malta
Netherlands
Portugal

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 2Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 5Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 23Against 13Abstain 40Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 22Abstain 22Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 15Against 19Abstain 36Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 9Abstain 4Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 4Abstain 2Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 16Against 8Abstain 1Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 20Against 21Abstain 11Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 4Absent 3

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