Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Agriculture, food & fisheries
Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain
Passed by an overwhelming majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 532
- Against
- 78
- Abstained
- 25
roll-call vote at 13:52 · 84% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Céline Imart · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2025-0161
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed law to strengthen farmers' position in the food supply chain.§1: source passage in the text The law amends EU regulations to improve farmers' bargaining power, for example by clarifying terms like 'fair' and 'equitable' and defining 'short supply chain'.§1: source passage in the text§2: source passage in the text Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends the proposal.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Divided: Renew
- The Left For 29 for, 6 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 37 for, 2 against, 4 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 109 for, 6 against, 1 abstainedof 137
- Renew Divided 41 for, 24 against, 3 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 130 for, 36 against, 2 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 67 for, 0 against, 6 abstainedof 79
- Patriots For 75 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedof 88
- ESN For 22 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 22 for, 4 against, 4 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
68 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (29 of 35). Against: 6
Hanna Gedin (Sweden), Jonas Sjöstedt (Sweden), Jussi Saramo (Finland), Li Andersson (Finland), Per Clausen (Denmark)
1 more from The Left
Sebastian Everding (Germany)
Greens voted for (37 of 43). Against: 2, Abstained: 4
Erik Marquardt (Germany, abstained), Lena Schilling (Austria, against), Markéta Gregorová (Czechia, abstained), Rasmus Nordqvist (Denmark, abstained), Thomas Waitz (Austria, against)
1 more from Greens
Ville Niinistö (Finland, abstained)
S&D voted for (109 of 116). Against: 6, Abstained: 1
Adnan Dibrani (Sweden, against), Evin Incir (Sweden, against), Heléne Fritzon (Sweden, against), Johan Danielsson (Sweden, against), Marianne Vind (Denmark, against)
2 more from S&D
Pierfrancesco Maran (Italy, abstained), Sofie Eriksson (Sweden, against)
EPP voted for (130 of 168). Against: 36, Abstained: 2
Alexandra Mehnert (Germany, against), Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Sweden, against), Andrea Wechsler (Germany, against), Andreas Schwab (Germany, against), Angelika Niebler (Germany, against)
33 more from EPP
Arba Kokalari (Sweden, against), Axel Voss (Germany, against), Christian Doleschal (Germany, against), Christian Ehler (Germany, against), Daniel Caspary (Germany, against), David Mcallister (Germany, against), Dennis Radtke (Germany, against), Dirk Gotink (Netherlands, against), Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (Poland, against), Hildegard Bentele (Germany, against), Jens Gieseke (Germany, against), Jessica Polfjärd (Sweden, against), Jörgen Warborn (Sweden, against), Lena Düpont (Germany, against), Manfred Weber (Germany, against), Marion Walsmann (Germany, against), Markus Ferber (Germany, against), Michael Gahler (Germany, against), Niclas Herbst (Germany, against), Niels Flemming Hansen (Denmark, against), Niels Geuking (Germany, abstained), Nina Carberry (Ireland, against), Norbert Lins (Germany, against), Oliver Schenk (Germany, against), Pascal Arimont (Belgium, against), Peter Liese (Germany, against), Ralf Seekatz (Germany, against), Regina Doherty (Ireland, abstained), Sabine Verheyen (Germany, against), Stefan Berger (Germany, against), Stefan Köhler (Germany, against), Sven Simon (Germany, against), Tomas Tobé (Sweden, against)
ECR voted for (67 of 73). Abstained: 6
Beatrice Timgren (Sweden), Charlie Weimers (Sweden), Dick Erixon (Sweden), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium), Kris van Dijck (Belgium)
1 more from ECR
Kristoffer Storm (Denmark)
Patriots voted for (75 of 78). Abstained: 3
Anders Vistisen (Denmark), Anna Bryłka (Poland), Tomasz Buczek (Poland)
ESN voted for (22 of 24). Abstained: 2
Ivan David (Czechia), Marcin Sypniewski (Poland)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 19 amendments (3 adopted, 16 rejected) and 22 parts of the text voted on separately (12 adopted, 9 rejected, 1 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.