← Votes·2024-04-24

Simplification of certain CAP rules ***I

Vote ID 168870Source: 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+7 / 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, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (120 for, 431 against, 20 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

120

Against

431

Abstain

Margin of victory

311 votes

Turnout (cast)

571

Absent

134

Participation rate

81.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 2Against 147Abstain 2Absent 28

S&D136 MEPs

For 10Against 93Abstain 12Absent 21

Renew100 MEPs

For 0Against 89Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 62Against 2Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 55Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE64 MEPs

For 6Against 26Abstain 0Absent 32

The Left38 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 15Abstain 3Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland6

Most against

Germany48
Spain43
Poland40
Italy39
France33

Divided delegations

France
Germany
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 2Absent 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 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 20Against 33Abstain 6Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 35Against 48Abstain 2Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 2Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 8Against 39Abstain 0Absent 29

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 3Against 40Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 9Against 43Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs