← Votes·2026-04-30

How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?

Agriculture98%★

Confidence: 98%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "farmers"
title/description contains "livestock"
title/description contains "food security"
title/description contains "animal disease"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Health65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "disease"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 190668Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 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 “How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?”. EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (426 for, 119 against, 40 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

426

Against

119

Abstain

Margin of victory

307 votes

Turnout (cast)

585

Absent

134

Participation rate

81.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 134Against 1Abstain 4Absent 46

S&D135 MEPs

For 71Against 32Abstain 4Absent 28

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 5Absent 10

PfE85 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew78 MEPs

For 45Against 16Abstain 5Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 44Abstain 1Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 12Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 9Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France56
Italy51
Germany49
Poland45
Spain41

Most against

Sweden10
Denmark8

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Netherlands
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 6Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 56Against 11Abstain 4Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 30Abstain 5Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 3Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 51Against 4Abstain 7Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 14Against 12Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 1Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 3Absent 3

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