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Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025

Budget87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "budget"
title/description contains "financial year"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Economy & Finance63%

Confidence: 63%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "financial year"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 194890Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+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 “Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (492 for, 101 against, 60 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

492

Against

101

Abstain

Margin of victory

391 votes

Turnout (cast)

653

Absent

Participation rate

94.8%

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

By political group

EPP181 MEPs

For 169Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

S&D131 MEPs

For 119Against 3Abstain 6Absent 3

ECR78 MEPs

For 57Against 6Abstain 12Absent 3

PfE79 MEPs

For 7Against 47Abstain 21Absent 4

Renew74 MEPs

For 67Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA50 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left41 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 11Absent 10

NI28 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 9Absent 2

ESN26 MEPs

For 0Against 25Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Italy60
Spain48
Poland47
France37

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 5Absent 0

Bulgaria15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic18 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

France76 MEPs

For 37Against 28Abstain 1Absent 10

Germany95 MEPs

For 67Against 22Abstain 3Absent 3

Greece20 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Hungary19 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 10Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy70 MEPs

For 60Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 9Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 47Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal20 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania31 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 5Abstain 2Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 8Absent 0

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