← Votes·2022-12-13

A long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040

Agriculture66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rural"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 150924Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Agriculture
✓Some political group division
✓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+0 / 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 “A long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA and PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (465 for, 29 against, 131 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

465

Against

Abstain

131

Margin of victory

436 votes

Turnout (cast)

625

Absent

Participation rate

88.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 0Abstain 3Absent 19

S&D137 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 8Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 6Absent 8

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 50Absent 7

PfE65 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 44Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 44Against 6Abstain 6Absent 8

NI45 MEPs

For 25Against 5Abstain 8Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 5Absent 9

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany54
Spain47
Poland43
Italy36
France35

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 5Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

France79 MEPs

For 35Against 1Abstain 35Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 54Against 9Abstain 22Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 32Absent 8

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 4Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 8Absent 0

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