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Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor

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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Civil Liberties64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "data protection"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 190402Source: 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
✓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+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 Data Protection Supervisor”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (528 for, 59 against, 62 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

528

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

469 votes

Turnout (cast)

649

Absent

Participation rate

90.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 2Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 46Against 7Abstain 26Absent 3

PfE85 MEPs

For 27Against 41Abstain 9Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 22Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 5Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
Spain47
France46
Italy44
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 46Against 29Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 2Abstain 14Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 22Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 7Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 5Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 4Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Individual MEP positions

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