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Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors

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 191437Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Resolution / budget 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+15 / 25

Close vote+3 / 15

Legislative+12 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 – Court of Auditors”. EPP, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (350 for, 269 against, 24 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.

Result analysis

For

350

Against

269

Abstain

Margin of victory

81 votes

Turnout (cast)

643

Absent

Participation rate

89.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 1Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 119Abstain 0Absent 14

ECR82 MEPs

For 82Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE85 MEPs

For 71Against 6Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 7Against 56Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 4Against 41Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 22Absent 0

NI29 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland44
Germany42
France39
Italy38
Czech Republic18

Most against

Spain27
Austria13
Belgium13
Portugal11
Denmark9

Divided delegations

Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 3Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 39Against 36Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 42Against 32Abstain 13Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 29Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 10Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 27Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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