← Votes·2024-04-24

Simplification of certain CAP rules ***I

Vote ID 168875Source: 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 (155 for, 404 against, 17 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

155

Against

404

Abstain

Margin of victory

249 votes

Turnout (cast)

576

Absent

129

Participation rate

81.7%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 3Against 148Abstain 0Absent 28

S&D136 MEPs

For 41Against 74Abstain 0Absent 21

Renew100 MEPs

For 7Against 83Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 4Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 6Absent 31

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 15Abstain 4Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany40
Austria9
Denmark6
Ireland6

Most against

Spain43
Italy40
Poland39
France31
Romania21

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 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 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 25Against 31Abstain 3Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 40Against 38Abstain 8Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 9Against 40Abstain 0Absent 27

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 3Against 39Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 9Against 43Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

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