← Votes·2024-04-24

Simplification of certain CAP rules ***I

Vote ID 168866Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓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+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 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 “Simplification of certain CAP rules ***I”. Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (160 for, 405 against, 21 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

160

Against

405

Abstain

Margin of victory

245 votes

Turnout (cast)

586

Absent

119

Participation rate

83.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 4Against 144Abstain 4Absent 27

S&D136 MEPs

For 40Against 73Abstain 1Absent 22

Renew100 MEPs

For 11Against 74Abstain 4Absent 11

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 55Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 2Against 40Abstain 7Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 9Against 14Abstain 3Absent 20

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany39
Austria11
Denmark9
Ireland7

Most against

France46
Spain42
Italy40
Poland39
Romania20

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 29Against 46Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 39Against 39Abstain 8Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 2Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 6Against 40Abstain 0Absent 30

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 3Against 39Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 5Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 9Against 42Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

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