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European Citizens' Initiative "End the cage age"

Vote ID 133936Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
73
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+0 / 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+8 / 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 Citizens' Initiative "End the cage age"”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (558 for, 37 against, 85 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
558
Against
37
Abstain
85
Margin of victory
521 votes
Turnout (cast)
680
Absent
25
Participation rate
96.5%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 150Against 15Abstain 6Absent 8
S&D136 MEPs
For 128Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7
Renew101 MEPs
For 88Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE67 MEPs
For 18Against 8Abstain 38Absent 3
ECR63 MEPs
For 38Against 5Abstain 18Absent 2
NI44 MEPs
For 26Against 9Abstain 6Absent 3
The Left38 MEPs
For 36Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Germany95
  • France45
  • Poland43
  • Spain42
  • Italy40
Most against
  • Hungary12
Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
Denmark14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 45Against 0Abstain 31Absent 3
Germany96 MEPs
For 95Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Greece21 MEPs
For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2
Hungary21 MEPs
For 6Against 12Abstain 1Absent 2
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 40Against 0Abstain 33Absent 3
Latvia8 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 25Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1
Poland52 MEPs
For 43Against 2Abstain 4Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2
Romania33 MEPs
For 31Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 42Against 16Abstain 1Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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