← Votes·2020-10-22

Support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP strategic plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) 2021–2027

Agriculture98%★

Confidence: 98%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "agricultural"
title/description contains "rural"
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 123898Source: 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
✓Significant 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+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP strategic plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) 2021–2027”. EPP, Renew and PfE voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (329 for, 326 against, 38 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

329

Against

326

Abstain

Margin of victory

3 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 3 votes. 10 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (10) was larger than the 3-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 171Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

S&D135 MEPs

For 3Against 130Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 80Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 69Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 36Against 29Abstain 0Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 33Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 13Against 26Abstain 3Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy44
Romania23
Czech Republic17
Netherlands15
Hungary13

Most against

Germany58
France48
Spain33
Portugal14
Sweden13

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 30Against 48Abstain 0Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 37Against 58Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 31Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 15Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 14Against 9Abstain 28Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 24Against 33Abstain 0Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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