← Votes·2024-04-24

Simplification of certain CAP rules ***I

Vote ID 168879Source: 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 (122 for, 424 against, 22 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

122

Against

424

Abstain

Margin of victory

302 votes

Turnout (cast)

568

Absent

137

Participation rate

80.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 3Against 144Abstain 2Absent 30

S&D136 MEPs

For 17Against 97Abstain 0Absent 22

Renew100 MEPs

For 0Against 86Abstain 2Absent 12

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 54Against 4Abstain 6Absent 6

ECR65 MEPs

For 0Against 56Abstain 0Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 11Against 22Abstain 0Absent 31

The Left38 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 5Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 10Against 12Abstain 6Absent 18

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Belgium11
Austria10
Ireland6

Most against

Germany48
Spain43
Poland40
Italy39
France32

Divided delegations

Belgium
France
Germany
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 25Against 32Abstain 1Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 48Abstain 7Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 3Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 9Against 39Abstain 0Absent 28

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 3Against 40Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 3Absent 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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