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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 124017Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Agriculture
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (434 for, 185 against, 69 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

434

Against

185

Abstain

Margin of victory

249 votes

Turnout (cast)

688

Absent

Participation rate

97.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 169Against 2Abstain 5Absent 3

S&D135 MEPs

For 84Against 33Abstain 13Absent 5

Renew101 MEPs

For 63Against 25Abstain 11Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 69Abstain 1Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 18Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 48Against 5Abstain 9Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 16Abstain 4Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 1Against 32Abstain 4Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy60
France54
Poland48
Spain47
Romania29

Most against

Germany54
Netherlands18
Denmark9
Ireland6

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 8Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 22Abstain 1Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 30Against 54Abstain 11Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 7Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 60Against 5Abstain 8Absent 3

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 8Against 18Abstain 3Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 48Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

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