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Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament

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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Institutional Affairs61%

Confidence: 61%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "european parliament"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

View all votes on Institutional Affairs →

Vote ID 191344Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Resolution / budget vote
✓Budget-related
✓High-interest topic: Budget
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+15 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 Parliament”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (306 for, 323 against, 23 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

306

Against

323

Abstain

Margin of victory

17 votes

Turnout (cast)

652

Absent

Participation rate

90.7%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 17 votes. 67 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (67) was larger than the 17-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 22 absent MEPs (margin was 17)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 5Against 151Abstain 7Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 122Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

ECR82 MEPs

For 11Against 68Abstain 3Absent 0

PfE85 MEPs

For 5Against 67Abstain 6Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 1Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 4Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany44
France41
Italy32
Spain32
Belgium15

Most against

Poland46
Hungary15
Romania14
Czech Republic13
Austria11

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

France81 MEPs

For 41Against 34Abstain 1Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 43Abstain 1Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 4Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 32Abstain 6Absent 6

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 9Abstain 3Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 46Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 11Against 14Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 32Against 18Abstain 0Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

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