← Votes·2022-02-15

Implementation report on on-farm animal welfare

Vote ID 139616Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Very fragmented political vote
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+15 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+15 / 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 “Implementation report on on-farm animal welfare”. S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (322 for, 318 against, 55 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

322

Against

318

Abstain

Margin of victory

4 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

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 4 votes. 10 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (10) was larger than the 4-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 5 absent MEPs (margin was 4)

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 74Against 76Abstain 24Absent 5

S&D136 MEPs

For 76Against 58Abstain 0Absent 2

Renew101 MEPs

For 45Against 43Abstain 12Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 0Against 70Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 56Against 6Abstain 4Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 42Against 10Abstain 11Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 18Abstain 2Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 36Abstain 2Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France49
Spain42
Poland40
Italy36
Romania23

Most against

Germany75
Austria17
Greece16
Sweden16
Belgium14

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Denmark
Italy
Lithuania
Netherlands
Portugal
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 2Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 4Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 6Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 49Against 25Abstain 3Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 13Against 75Abstain 5Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 33Abstain 7Absent 0

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 13Abstain 5Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 40Against 8Abstain 4Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 42Against 15Abstain 2Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs