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Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy

Agriculture66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "rural"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 176981Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Agriculture
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 “Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (622 for, 24 against, 21 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

622

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

598 votes

Turnout (cast)

667

Absent

Participation rate

92.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 169Against 5Abstain 2Absent 9

S&D135 MEPs

For 130Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 5Abstain 4Absent 4

PfE81 MEPs

For 65Against 4Abstain 1Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 3Abstain 1Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 9Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany83
France74
Italy72
Spain52
Poland51

Most against

Sweden11

Divided delegations

Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

France82 MEPs

For 74Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 83Against 0Abstain 6Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 1Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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