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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 191956Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓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+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 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 “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?”. Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (149 for, 406 against, 30 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.

Result analysis

For

149

Against

406

Abstain

Margin of victory

257 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 7Against 129Abstain 3Absent 46

S&D135 MEPs

For 42Against 58Abstain 9Absent 26

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 69Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE85 MEPs

For 1Against 70Abstain 0Absent 14

Renew78 MEPs

For 16Against 43Abstain 6Absent 13

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 13Abstain 9Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Denmark10
Sweden10

Most against

France57
Poland43
Germany42
Spain42
Italy35

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Finland
Germany
Netherlands
Slovakia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 11Against 57Abstain 3Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 32Against 42Abstain 10Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 2Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 16Against 35Abstain 8Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 13Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 43Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 0Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 5Against 42Abstain 3Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

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