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Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service

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 190396Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 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 “Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (429 for, 145 against, 76 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

429

Against

145

Abstain

Margin of victory

284 votes

Turnout (cast)

650

Absent

Participation rate

90.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 154Against 1Abstain 4Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 124Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 68Absent 1

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 78Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 22Abstain 1Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Spain42
Italy39
France37
Poland26

Most against

Czech Republic10
Hungary9
Slovakia8

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Greece
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 37Against 35Abstain 4Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 21Abstain 2Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 39Against 7Abstain 23Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 6Abstain 20Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 6Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 8Abstain 2Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

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