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Below you will find the latest intelligence report concerning the key votes in the latest plenary session of the European Parliament, which took place during the period 2025-05-05 to 2025-05-08.

In total, we have analysed 275 votes cast on content within 37 reports, and which addressed a total of 71 different topics / policy angles.

The number of roll-call votes is a strong indicator of the areas where there is strong political and policy competition.

We provide an overview of the directions in which the political groups and individual MEPs manifested interest in shaping the policy when voting on each item.

Analytical method: for each topic we display the two "policy dilemmas or choices" and we highlight which is the policy direction validated by each group and MEP with their votes. If you have your own suggestions of additional angles of analysis, feel free to reach out to us.

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Report: 2023 discharge: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development Funds

Topic: Accounting and auditing of EU budget

Policy choices: More flexible rules and procedures/Stricter rules and procedures

Direction: Stricter rules and procedures

There were 7 votes on proposals for adjusting the text of the document in the direction of Stricter rules and procedures. Out of these 1 received majoritarian political support to be adopted.

Who authored these requests for adjustments: ESN (2), PfE (3), ECR, EPP

How did the political groups pull their weight when voting (across the totality of items that fulfil the criteria above):

EPP: 195 For (16.2%), 999 Against (82.9%), 11 Abstain (0.9%)

S&D: 3 For (0.3%), 747 Against (85.8%), 121 Abstain (13.9%)

PfE: 557 For (98.1%), 4 Against (0.7%), 7 Abstain (1.2%)

ECR: 511 For (98.8%), 1 Against (0.2%), 5 Abstain (1.0%)

Renew: 79 For (16.3%), 394 Against (81.4%), 11 Abstain (2.3%)

Greens/EFA: 0 For (0.0%), 298 Against (87.4%), 43 Abstain (12.6%)

The Left: 28 For (9.9%), 248 Against (87.6%), 7 Abstain (2.5%)

ESN: 149 For (98.7%), 0 Against (0.0%), 2 Abstain (1.3%)

NI: 122 For (69.7%), 29 Against (16.6%), 24 Abstain (13.7%)

Number of MEPs with individual positions (non-aligned to group) at least once:

EPP – 163, S&D – 121, PfE – 11, ECR – 3, Renew – 68, Greens/EFA – 43, The Left – 34, ESN – 2

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