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Amendment 491

Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections

Vote
Amendment 491
Decision
No. 2 of the sitting of 22 Oct 2025
Result
174 for · 460 against · 19 abstained Rejected · roll call
Date
22 October 2025, 14:15
More facts (3)
Position
vote 102 of 187 on the decision
Official label
Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections – 12 02 05 – Am 491
Vote id
180430
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Result

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Result: 174 for, 460 against, 19 abstained (roll call).

Rejected · 27 % of the votes cast were for.

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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 0Against 42Abst. 0No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 0Against 49Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 0Against 118Abst. 0No vote 18 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 3Against 69Abst. 0No vote 3 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
EPPFor 4Against 165Abst. 5No vote 14 of 188Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.92
ECRFor 65Against 1Abst. 4No vote 9 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
PatriotsFor 79Against 1Abst. 0No vote 5 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 16Against 2Abst. 3No vote 6 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.64
No groupFor 7Against 13Abst. 7No vote 3 of 30Majority 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, 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.

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How each country’s members of each group voted.

ESN members by country who voted for, against or abstained (group at the date of the vote).
CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Bulgaria300
Czechia100
Germany1201
Poland021
Slovakia001

Members

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No vote recorded, 66

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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
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28 Apr 2026Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 57 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAmendment203 for, 445 against, 5 abstained Rejected For 31 %Requested by S&Dr · shared0.94 598 voters
22 Oct 2025Amendment 113, adding text after paragraph 21 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAmendment188 for, 442 against, 21 abstained Rejected For 29 %Requested by Patriots, S&Dr · shared0.94 645 voters
29 Apr 2026Amendment 39 to paragraph 43 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentAmendment196 for, 440 against, 14 abstained Rejected For 30 %Requested by Patriotsr · shared0.94 594 voters
26 Mar 2026Amendment 84 to Article 1 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)Amendment199 for, 431 against, 3 abstained Rejected For 31 %Requested by Patriotsr · shared0.93 577 voters

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-10-22/180430
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European Parliament (2025). “Amendment 491 — Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections”. Vote, 22 October 2025. votingId 180430. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-10-22/180430 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-22-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 22 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-22/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-vote-2025-10-22-180430,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 491 — Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-10-22/180430}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2025-10-22/180430},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 180430. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-22-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}