← 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 191959Source: 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
✓Strong 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+12 / 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 and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (175 for, 375 against, 33 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

175

Against

375

Abstain

Margin of victory

200 votes

Turnout (cast)

583

Absent

136

Participation rate

81.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 13Against 123Abstain 0Absent 49

S&D135 MEPs

For 40Against 69Abstain 0Absent 26

ECR82 MEPs

For 8Against 64Abstain 0Absent 10

PfE85 MEPs

For 7Against 58Abstain 6Absent 14

Renew78 MEPs

For 24Against 28Abstain 14Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 13Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Netherlands21
Sweden18
Denmark11
Czech Republic8
Croatia4

Most against

Italy52
France47
Poland44
Germany43
Spain40

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Finland
Germany
Luxembourg
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 1Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 18Against 47Abstain 6Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 43Abstain 10Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 3Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 11Against 52Abstain 0Absent 13

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 44Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 40Abstain 0Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

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