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Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023
Passed by an overwhelming majority
The budget decision was approved.
- For
- 531
- Against
- 91
- Abstained
- 35
roll-call vote at 13:08 · 81% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Siegfried Mureşan · Report A-10-2024-0005
AI:What this decision does
The draft amending budget enters the 2023 surplus of EUR 633 million into the 2024 budget.§1: source passage in the text Parliament approved the Council position, meaning the spending was approved. Parliament also urges the Council to adopt proposals on own resources reform to increase revenue.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: ESN; Divided: Patriots
- The Left For 37 for, 1 against, 5 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 51 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 121 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 138
- Renew For 68 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 170 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 196
- ECR For 56 for, 9 against, 6 abstainedof 78
- Patriots Divided 26 for, 46 against, 9 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 0 for, 21 against, 1 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 2 for, 14 against, 9 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
27 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (37 of 43). Against: 1, Abstained: 5
Anja Hazekamp (Netherlands, against), Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus, abstained), João Oliveira (Portugal, abstained), Luke Ming Flanagan (Ireland, abstained), Marc Botenga (Belgium, abstained)
1 more from The Left
Rudi Kennes (Belgium, abstained)
Renew voted for (68 of 71). Abstained: 3
Christine Singer (Germany), Engin Eroglu (Germany), Joachim Streit (Germany)
EPP voted for (170 of 172). Abstained: 2
Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands), Sander Smit (Netherlands)
ECR voted for (56 of 71). Against: 9, Abstained: 6
Assita Kanko (Belgium, abstained), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Bert-Jan Ruissen (Netherlands, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Dick Erixon (Sweden, abstained)
10 more from ECR
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Guillaume Peltier (France, against), Jaak Madison (Estonia, abstained), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium, abstained), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, abstained), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, abstained), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against)
ESN voted against (21 of 22). Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania)
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