← Votes·2020-06-19

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): specific measures to provide exceptional temporary support under EAFRD in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

Agriculture87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "agricultural"
title/description contains "rural"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 115382Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Agriculture
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): specific measures to provide exceptional temporary support under EAFRD in response to the COVID-19 outbreak”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (605 for, 16 against, 68 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

605

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

589 votes

Turnout (cast)

689

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 175Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 60Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 63Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 58Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 34Against 3Abstain 4Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 33Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy73
Germany71
France66
Poland50
Spain50

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Denmark

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 2Abstain 22Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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