8Budget & emergency funds·decision 8 of 17 on Thursday, 14 March 2024
Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast)
Committee report by Monika Hohlmeier, Nils Ušakovs · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · voted at 12:20
Budget decisions: the annual budget, amending budgets, solidarity and adjustment funds, and discharge (approving how a budget was spent).
Adoptedby a large majority437 for · 45 against · 72 abstained (79 % in favour)
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:20 · 79% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Who backed it
The Left ✓
Verts/ALE ✓
S&D ✓
Renew ✓
PPE ✓
ECR –
PfE ✗
ESN ~
NI ~
Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew and PPE; opposed by PfE; ECR mostly abstained; ESN split.
How the vote unfolded · 9 ballots
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 lapsed).
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 9 ballots in voting order
1.Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
The ballots
Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
Who voted how
Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
Document & procedure
Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
Group badges
How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).
Codes in ballot labels
Am 27 — amendment 27
§ 5 — paragraph 5
§ 5/2, part 2 — a A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another., taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.; *** — Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.; * — Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Lapsed — Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.