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Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III

Budget66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 191239Source: 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 “Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III”. EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (389 for, 191 against, 75 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

389

Against

191

Abstain

Margin of victory

198 votes

Turnout (cast)

655

Absent

Participation rate

91.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 153Against 0Abstain 9Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 0Abstain 9Absent 9

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 42Absent 5

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 6Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 67Against 3Abstain 2Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 36Abstain 5Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 22Abstain 2Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Spain42
Italy31
Poland25
Romania22

Most against

France41
Hungary9
Slovakia7

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
France
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Slovakia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 10Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 32Against 41Abstain 2Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 28Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 17Abstain 20Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 9Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 25Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 5Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 42Against 9Abstain 2Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 6Absent 2

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