← Votes·2025-06-19

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

Vote ID 177475Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 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 “Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability ***I”. EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (263 for, 275 against, 39 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

263

Against

275

Abstain

Margin of victory

12 votes

Turnout (cast)

577

Absent

143

Participation rate

80.1%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 12 votes. 143 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (143) was larger than the 12-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Groups whose absences exceeded the margin

EPPhad 47 absent MEPs (margin was 12)
S&Dhad 26 absent MEPs (margin was 12)
Renewhad 17 absent MEPs (margin was 12)
PfEhad 16 absent MEPs (margin was 12)
ECRhad 15 absent MEPs (margin was 12)

Countries whose absences exceeded the margin

Germany (18 absent)Italy (16 absent)Spain (15 absent)

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 122Against 13Abstain 3Absent 47

S&D135 MEPs

For 7Against 100Abstain 2Absent 26

ECR82 MEPs

For 62Against 4Abstain 1Absent 15

PfE81 MEPs

For 35Against 1Abstain 29Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 57Abstain 1Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 50Abstain 0Absent 2

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 34Abstain 0Absent 11

ESN27 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 3Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany43
Poland41
Italy30
Hungary16
Romania15

Most against

France34
Spain26
Netherlands14
Sweden13
Ireland11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Estonia
Germany
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 5Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 2Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 12Against 34Abstain 24Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 43Against 35Abstain 0Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 11

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 30Abstain 0Absent 16

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 10Against 14Abstain 0Absent 7

Poland53 MEPs

For 41Against 5Abstain 2Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 3Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 18Against 26Abstain 1Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 1Absent 2

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