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Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability ***I

Vote ID 177408Source: official EP roll-call records

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability ***I”. EPP, S&D, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (457 for, 17 against, 86 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

457

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

440 votes

Turnout (cast)

560

Absent

160

Participation rate

77.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 131Against 1Abstain 2Absent 51

S&D135 MEPs

For 104Against 0Abstain 0Absent 31

PfE81 MEPs

For 52Against 8Abstain 8Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 50Absent 17

Renew79 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 16Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 6Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
France63
Italy34
Spain33
Netherlands24

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Cyprus

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 4Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 12Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 5Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 34Against 1Abstain 23Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 6Abstain 17Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 5Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 33Against 4Abstain 4Absent 19

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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