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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 191965Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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?”. PfE, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (244 for, 297 against, 41 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

244

Against

297

Abstain

Margin of victory

53 votes

Turnout (cast)

582

Absent

137

Participation rate

81.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 20Against 117Abstain 1Absent 47

S&D135 MEPs

For 44Against 58Abstain 7Absent 26

ECR82 MEPs

For 5Against 58Abstain 9Absent 10

PfE85 MEPs

For 54Against 5Abstain 12Absent 14

Renew78 MEPs

For 30Against 33Abstain 1Absent 14

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 10Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

France61
Netherlands19
Belgium14
Austria13
Hungary11

Most against

Italy50
Germany48
Poland41
Spain39
Romania15

Divided delegations

Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Latvia
Luxembourg
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 11Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 61Against 7Abstain 2Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 31Against 48Abstain 5Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 4Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 12Against 50Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 41Abstain 3Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 15Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 39Abstain 4Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 8Absent 3

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