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Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2021–2027

Agriculture98%★

Confidence: 98%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "agricultural"
title/description contains "common agricultural policy"
dossier "common agricultural policy" implies this topic

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Budget65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

dossier "common agricultural policy" implies this topic

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 123127Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Agriculture
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2021–2027”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP and ECR voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (317 for, 302 against, 67 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

317

Against

302

Abstain

Margin of victory

15 votes

Turnout (cast)

686

Absent

Participation rate

97.6%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 15 votes. 17 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (17) was larger than the 15-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 4Against 166Abstain 4Absent 5

S&D135 MEPs

For 129Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 57Against 42Abstain 2Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE66 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 44Absent 3

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 58Abstain 3Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 12Abstain 11Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France47
Germany47
Spain36
Italy30
Romania18

Most against

Poland43
Netherlands17
Czech Republic16
Hungary13
Belgium12

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 8Abstain 21Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 37Abstain 11Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 2Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 15Abstain 28Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 7Against 43Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 36Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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