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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections
Resolution rejected by a clear majority
Parliament rejected the resolution that accompanies its budget position; its amendments to the draft budget were voted on separately.
On the resolution that accompanies the budget position:
- For
- 233
- Against
- 360
- Abstained
- 59
roll-call vote at 13:45 · 36% of votes cast were for the resolution that accompanies the budget position
Committee report · Report A-10-2024-0008
AI:What this decision does
The European Parliament rejected the Council's position on the draft general budget of the European Union for 2025, refusing the proposed spending.§1: source passage in the text This means the budget as proposed by the Council was not approved, and the spending plans were turned down. The Parliament's resolution had called for a people-centred budget with investments in areas like public health, housing, and the environment, and for support to Ukraine and agriculture.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: EPP; Against: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, Patriots, ESN; Divided: ECR
- The Left Against 0 for, 42 against, 2 abstainedof 47
- Greens Against 0 for, 49 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D Against 19 for, 101 against, 2 abstainedof 138
- Renew Against 15 for, 54 against, 1 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 165 for, 1 against, 6 abstainedof 196
- ECR Divided 30 for, 10 against, 29 abstainedof 78
- Patriots Against 0 for, 65 against, 14 abstainedof 91
- ESN Against 0 for, 20 against, 0 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 4 for, 18 against, 5 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
60 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (42 of 44). Abstained: 2
Kathleen Funchion (Ireland), Lynn Boylan (Ireland)
S&D voted against (101 of 122). For: 19, Abstained: 2
Bernd Lange (Germany, for), Christel Schaldemose (Denmark, abstained), Dragoş Benea (Romania, for), Emma Rafowicz (France, for), Gabriela Firea (Romania, for)
16 more from S&D
Gheorghe Cârciu (Romania, for), Günther Sidl (Austria, for), Hannes Heide (Austria, for), Jens Geier (Germany, for), Lucia Annunziata (Italy, for), Maria Grapini (Romania, for), Matthias Ecke (Germany, for), Niels Fuglsang (Denmark, abstained), Nils Ušakovs (Latvia, for), René Repasi (Germany, for), Sabrina Repp (Germany, for), Ştefan Muşoiu (Romania, for), Tiemo Wölken (Germany, for), Tobias Cremer (Germany, for), Victor Negrescu (Romania, for), Vivien Costanzo (Germany, for)
Renew voted against (54 of 70). For: 15, Abstained: 1
Anna-Maja Henriksson (Finland, for), Christine Singer (Germany, for), Dainius Žalimas (Lithuania, for), Dan Barna (Romania, for), Elena Yoncheva (Bulgaria, for)
11 more from Renew
Engin Eroglu (Germany, for), Gilles Boyer (France, for), Helmut Brandstätter (Austria, for), Irena Joveva (Slovenia, abstained), Ivars Ijabs (Latvia, for), Joachim Streit (Germany, for), Karin Karlsbro (Sweden, for), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Germany, for), Michał Kobosko (Poland, for), Urmas Paet (Estonia, for), Valérie Devaux (France, for)
EPP voted for (165 of 172). Against: 1, Abstained: 6
Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, against), Ingeborg ter Laak (Netherlands, abstained), Jeroen Lenaers (Netherlands, abstained), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, abstained), Regina Doherty (Ireland, abstained)
2 more from EPP
Sander Smit (Netherlands, abstained), Tom Berendsen (Netherlands, abstained)
Patriots voted against (65 of 79). Abstained: 14
Anna Maria Cisint (Italy), Isabella Tovaglieri (Italy), Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia)
9 more from Patriots
Klara Dostalova (Czechia), Nikola Bartůšek (Czechia), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia), Paolo Borchia (Italy), Raffaele Stancanelli (Italy), Roberto Vannacci (Italy), Silvia Sardone (Italy), Susanna Ceccardi (Italy), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 75 amendments (14 adopted, 61 rejected) and 76 parts of the text voted on separately (62 adopted, 10 rejected, 4 lapsed).