Paragraph 40 — part 2 · Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service · Vote

Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Adopted · 64 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “those words”

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. **No vote**: in office that day, no position recorded. **Majority line**: the most common position. **Clear line**: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. **Cohesion**: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 40	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 5 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.96
Greens	For 48	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 118	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 18 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 69	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 5 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.98
EPP	For 133	Against 15	Abst. 16	No vote 24 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.72
ECR	For 2	Against 69	Abst. 4	No vote 5 of 80	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.88
Patriots	For 0	Against 25	Abst. 57	No vote 3 of 85	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained	Cohesion 0.54
ESN	For 0	Against 19	Abst. 3	No vote 4 of 26	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.80
No group	For 5	Against 5	Abst. 14	No vote 6 of 30	Majority line —	Clear line No line	Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group, Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group.

Countries × groups

How each country’s members of each group voted.

Each cell: members of that country in that group who voted for – against – abstained (group at the date of the vote). Shading: the share of the cell's votes that were for; the stronger the shading, the more for (scale below). — : no member voted.
Country	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	No group
Austria	no member voted	2–0–0	5–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–1	no member voted	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Belgium	2–0–0	1–0–0	4–0–0	4–0–0	3–0–0	1–0–0	0–3–0	no member voted	no member voted
Bulgaria	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	0–2–1	0–0–2
Cyprus	1–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–0–1
Czechia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	4–1–0	0–3–0	0–1–8	0–1–0	0–1–0
Germany	4–0–0	14–0–0	12–0–0	8–0–0	26–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–13–0	1–1–7
Denmark	1–0–0	3–0–0	3–0–0	3–0–0	2–0–0	0–0–1	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted
Estonia	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	2–0–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Spain	3–0–0	3–0–0	18–0–0	1–0–0	6–4–11	0–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Finland	3–0–0	2–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	2–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
France	8–0–0	5–0–0	13–0–0	12–0–0	5–0–1	0–4–0	0–0–29	0–1–0	1–0–0
Greece	4–0–0	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	6–0–0	0–2–0	0–0–1	no member voted	3–1–0
Croatia	no member voted	1–0–0	3–0–0	no member voted	3–2–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Hungary	no member voted	no member voted	2–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	0–0–10	0–1–0	no member voted
Ireland	2–0–0	no member voted	1–0–0	6–0–0	4–0–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Italy	9–0–1	3–0–0	19–0–0	no member voted	7–1–0	0–23–0	0–0–7	no member voted	no member voted
Lithuania	no member voted	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	0–2–0	no member voted	0–0–1	no member voted
Luxembourg	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Latvia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	no member voted	2–0–0	0–3–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted
Malta	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	no member voted	0–0–2	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Netherlands	no member voted	6–0–0	4–0–0	7–0–0	4–2–0	0–1–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted
Poland	no member voted	no member voted	3–0–0	1–0–0	21–1–0	0–18–0	0–2–0	0–0–1	no member voted
Portugal	1–0–0	no member voted	7–0–0	2–0–0	6–0–0	no member voted	0–0–1	no member voted	no member voted
Romania	no member voted	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–1	8–2–0	0–6–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–0–1
Sweden	2–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	3–0–0	5–0–0	0–0–3	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovenia	no member voted	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	4–0–1	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted
Slovakia	no member voted	no member voted	no member voted	6–0–0	0–1–0	no member voted	no member voted	0–1–0	0–2–3

Share for: 0–19 %20–39 %40–59 %60–79 %80–100 %

Renew members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
Country	For	Abst.
Austria	2	0
Belgium	4	0
Bulgaria	3	0
Germany	8	0
Denmark	3	0
Estonia	2	0
Spain	1	0
Finland	3	0
France	12	0
Ireland	6	0
Lithuania	2	0
Luxembourg	1	0
Netherlands	7	0
Poland	1	0
Portugal	2	0
Romania	2	1
Sweden	3	0
Slovenia	1	0
Slovakia	6	0

Members

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No vote recorded, 75

Members in office that day without a recorded position. No vote recorded is not the same as absent: leave, illness or chairing the sitting look the same.

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Name · group that day · country

Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA group that day: EPP · Spain
Alvise PÉREZ group that day: No group · Spain
Andi CRISTEA group that day: S&D · Romania
András Tivadar KULJA group that day: EPP · Hungary
Anja HAZEKAMP group that day: The Left · Netherlands
Anna ZALEWSKA group that day: ECR · Poland
Arno BAUSEMER group that day: ESN · Germany
Assita KANKO group that day: ECR · Belgium
Bernard GUETTA group that day: Renew · France
Bernd LANGE group that day: S&D · Germany
Branislav ONDRUŠ group that day: No group · Slovakia
Catarina MARTINS group that day: The Left · Portugal
Claudiu MANDA group that day: S&D · Romania
Dario NARDELLA group that day: S&D · Italy
Dóra DÁVID group that day: EPP · Hungary
Dragoş BENEA group that day: S&D · Romania
Eszter LAKOS group that day: EPP · Hungary
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK group that day: ESN · Poland
Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO group that day: EPP · Italy
Gabriela FIREA group that day: S&D · Romania
Gabriella GERZSENYI group that day: EPP · Hungary
Georgios AFTIAS group that day: EPP · Greece
Gheorghe CÂRCIU group that day: S&D · Romania
Giuseppe MILAZZO group that day: ECR · Italy
Grzegorz BRAUN group that day: No group · Poland
Hana JALLOUL MURO group that day: S&D · Spain
Hildegard BENTELE group that day: EPP · Germany
Ignazio Roberto MARINO group that day: Greens · Italy
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ group that day: The Left · Spain
Ivars IJABS group that day: Renew · Latvia
Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ group that day: S&D · Spain
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT group that day: ECR · Belgium
Katarina BARLEY group that day: S&D · Germany
Kateřina KONEČNÁ group that day: No group · Czechia
Kinga KOLLÁR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Krzysztof BREJZA group that day: EPP · Poland
Lena DÜPONT group that day: EPP · Germany
Luis-Vicențiu LAZARUS group that day: No group · Romania
Luke Ming FLANAGAN group that day: The Left · Ireland
Manfred WEBER group that day: EPP · Germany
Marco TARQUINIO group that day: S&D · Italy
Maria GRAPINI group that day: S&D · Romania
Maria GUZENINA group that day: S&D · Finland
Marjan ŠAREC group that day: Renew · Slovenia
Markéta GREGOROVÁ group that day: Greens · Czechia
Marko VEŠLIGAJ group that day: S&D · Croatia
Marta TEMIDO group that day: S&D · Portugal
Martine KEMP group that day: EPP · Luxembourg
Michał DWORCZYK group that day: ECR · Poland
Mihai TUDOSE group that day: S&D · Romania
Mika AALTOLA group that day: EPP · Finland
Milan UHRÍK group that day: ESN · Slovakia
Pál SZEKERES group that day: Patriots · Hungary
Pekka TOVERI group that day: EPP · Finland
Péter MAGYAR group that day: EPP · Hungary
Radan KANEV group that day: EPP · Bulgaria
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ group that day: EPP · Lithuania
Riho TERRAS group that day: EPP · Estonia
Rima HASSAN group that day: The Left · France
Roberta METSOLA group that day: EPP · Malta
Sabine VERHEYEN group that day: EPP · Germany
Sara MATTHIEU group that day: Greens · Belgium
Sebastião BUGALHO group that day: EPP · Portugal
Sergey LAGODINSKY group that day: Greens · Germany
Sibylle BERG group that day: No group · Germany
Sigrid FRIIS group that day: Renew · Denmark
Sophie WILMÈS group that day: Renew · Belgium
Stanisław TYSZKA group that day: ESN · Poland
Ştefan MUŞOIU group that day: S&D · Romania
Susanna CECCARDI group that day: Patriots · Italy
Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ group that day: Patriots · Portugal
Vicent MARZÀ IBÁÑEZ group that day: Greens · Spain
Victor NEGRESCU group that day: S&D · Romania
Željana ZOVKO group that day: EPP · Croatia
Zoltán TARR group that day: EPP · Hungary

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The decision

Decision Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Budget decision · report by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński 7 May 2025 Discharge decision adopted

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Vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service — Final vote Roll-call vote · 7 May 2025 7 May 2025 Discharge decision adopted
Vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service — Amendment 5 to paragraph 8 Roll-call vote · 7 May 2025 7 May 2025
Vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service — Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 9 Roll-call vote · 7 May 2025 7 May 2025
Vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service — Amendment 1 to paragraph 10 Roll-call vote · 7 May 2025 7 May 2025
Vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service — Amendment 6 to paragraph 10 Roll-call vote · 7 May 2025 7 May 2025
Vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service — Paragraph 31 — part 2 Roll-call vote · 7 May 2025 7 May 2025
Vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service — Paragraph 33 — part 1 Roll-call vote · 7 May 2025 7 May 2025
Vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service — Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 82 Roll-call vote · 7 May 2025 7 May 2025
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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-05-07/175705
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-07
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Paragraph 40 — part 2 — Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service”. Vote, 7 May 2025. votingId 175705, reference 2024/2024(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-05-07/175705 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-05-07/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-vote-2025-05-07-175705,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Paragraph 40 — part 2 — Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-05-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-05-07/175705}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-05-07/175705},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 175705, reference 2024/2024(DEC). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}