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Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission

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 190729Source: 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
✓Some 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+10 / 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 – Commission”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (418 for, 207 against, 14 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

418

Against

207

Abstain

Margin of victory

211 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 155Against 2Abstain 1Absent 27

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 75Abstain 7Absent 0

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 78Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 30Against 3Abstain 4Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 2Against 22Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany65
Spain42
France41
Italy34
Poland26

Most against

Czech Republic14
Hungary9
Slovakia9

Divided delegations

Cyprus
France
Greece
Italy
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 41Against 34Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 65Against 22Abstain 2Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 31Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 18Against 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 26Against 25Abstain 1Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 7Abstain 2Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

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