← Votes·2024-04-24

Simplification of certain CAP rules ***I

Vote ID 168885Source: 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+10 / 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 (168 for, 396 against, 27 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

168

Against

396

Abstain

Margin of victory

228 votes

Turnout (cast)

591

Absent

114

Participation rate

83.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 6Against 139Abstain 8Absent 26

S&D136 MEPs

For 46Against 64Abstain 4Absent 22

Renew100 MEPs

For 7Against 79Abstain 4Absent 10

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 54Abstain 1Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 3Against 40Abstain 6Absent 15

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 12Against 15Abstain 2Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany41
Belgium11
Ireland6
Denmark5

Most against

Spain43
Poland40
Italy38
France36
Romania21

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

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 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 30Against 36Abstain 8Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 37Abstain 8Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 9Against 38Abstain 1Absent 28

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 10Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 3Against 40Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 10Against 43Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 4Absent 1

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