Decision
Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties
- Effect
- Passed
- Result
- 492 for · 111 against · 39 abstained roll call
- Date
- 8 October 2025, 13:40–13:44
- Kind
- New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
- Margin
- by a large majority
- Dossier
- 2025/0236(COD)
- Source
- Committee report by André Rodrigues
- Topics
- EU budget & fundsAgriculture, food & fisheries Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 28 votes · 12 roll calls · 9 amendments
- Requested by
- Greens (1 roll call, 2 split votes, 1 separate vote) · S&D (1 split vote, 1 separate vote) · Renew (1 roll call, 1 separate vote) · Patriots (1 roll call)
- Sitting
- Wednesday 8 October 2025
- Final vote
- 179558
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 492 for, 111 against, 39 abstained (roll call).
Passed by a large majority.
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 9 amendments (5 adopted, 4 rejected) and 13 parts of the text voted on separately (6 adopted, 4 rejected, 3 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.
Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left and Greens.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 0 | Against 32 | Abst. 4 | No vote 10 of 46 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.83 | |
| Greens | For 0 | Against 44 | Abst. 3 | No vote 6 of 53 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.90 | |
| S&D | For 81 | Against 19 | Abst. 14 | No vote 22 of 136 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.57 | |
| Renew | For 56 | Against 11 | Abst. 1 | No vote 7 of 75 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.74 | |
| EPP | For 170 | Against 2 | Abst. 1 | No vote 15 of 188 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.97 | |
| ECR | For 72 | Against 0 | Abst. 1 | No vote 6 of 79 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.98 | |
| Patriots | For 70 | Against 0 | Abst. 8 | No vote 7 of 85 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.85 | |
| ESN | For 21 | Against 0 | Abst. 2 | No vote 4 of 27 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.87 | |
| No group | For 22 | Against 3 | Abst. 5 | No vote 0 of 30 | Majority line — | Clear line No line | Cohesion — |
Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.
Voted against their group, 66
Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.
The Left line Against · 4 abstained of 36 who voted
Abstained (4)
- Catarina MARTINS Portugal
- Hanna GEDIN Sweden
- Irene MONTERO Spain
- Jonas SJÖSTEDT Sweden
Greens line Against · 3 abstained of 47 who voted
Abstained (3)
- Alice KUHNKE Sweden
- Isabella LÖVIN Sweden
- Pär HOLMGREN Sweden
S&D line For · 19 voted against, 14 abstained of 114 who voted
Voted against (19)
- Andreas SCHIEDER Austria
- Bernd LANGE Germany
- Birgit SIPPEL Germany
- Bruno TOBBACK Belgium
- Elisabeth GROSSMANN Austria
- Evelyn REGNER Austria
- Gabriele BISCHOFF Germany
- Hannes HEIDE Austria
- Katarina BARLEY Germany
- Kathleen VAN BREMPT Belgium
- Maria NOICHL Germany
- Marit MAIJ Netherlands
- Matthias ECKE Germany
- Mohammed CHAHIM Netherlands
- René REPASI Germany
- Thijs REUTEN Netherlands
- Tobias CREMER Germany
- Udo BULLMANN Germany
- Vivien COSTANZO Germany
Abstained (14)
- Alessandra MORETTI Italy
- Chloé RIDEL France
- Claire FITA France
- Emma RAFOWICZ France
- Eric SARGIACOMO France
- Estelle CEULEMANS Belgium
- François KALFON France
- Jean-Marc GERMAIN France
- Murielle LAURENT France
- Nora MEBAREK France
- Pierfrancesco MARAN Italy
- Pierre JOUVET France
- Sabrina REPP Germany
- Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN France
Renew line For · 11 voted against, 1 abstained of 68 who voted
Voted against (11)
- Brigitte VAN DEN BERG Netherlands
- Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY Netherlands
- Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ Slovakia
- Lucia YAR Slovakia
- Ľudovít ÓDOR Slovakia
- Martin HOJSÍK Slovakia
- Michal WIEZIK Slovakia
- Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE Netherlands
- Sigrid FRIIS Denmark
- Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ Slovakia
- Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE Belgium
Abstained (1)
- Pascal CANFIN France
EPP line For · 2 voted against, 1 abstained of 173 who voted
Voted against (2)
- Manuela RIPA Germany
- Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN Finland
Abstained (1)
- Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Czechia
ECR line For · 1 abstained of 73 who voted
Abstained (1)
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
Patriots line For · 8 abstained of 78 who voted
Abstained (8)
- Anna BRYŁKA Poland
- Hermann TERTSCH Spain
- Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA Spain
- Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS Spain
- Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL Spain
- Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN Spain
- Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN Spain
- Tomasz BUCZEK Poland
ESN line For · 2 abstained of 23 who voted
Abstained (2)
- Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK Poland
- Marcin SYPNIEWSKI Poland
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.53 |
| Belgium | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0.42 |
| Bulgaria | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Cyprus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Czechia | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.85 |
| Germany | 57 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 0.47 |
| Denmark | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.42 |
| Estonia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spain | 40 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0.63 |
| Finland | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.46 |
| France | 49 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0.55 |
| Greece | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0.37 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.88 |
| Hungary | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Ireland | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.63 |
| Italy | 55 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0.71 |
| Lithuania | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.86 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Latvia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Malta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Netherlands | 14 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0.31 |
| Poland | 43 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.84 |
| Portugal | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.88 |
| Romania | 25 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.94 |
| Sweden | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.64 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Slovakia | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 |
Members
Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta METSOLA Malta | EPP | Speeches1 | 16 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | No vote recorded |
| Daniel BUDA Romania | EPP | Speeches3 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Sophie WILMÈS Belgium | Renew | Speeches3 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | No vote recorded |
| Lukas SIEPER changed group Germany | Renew | Speeches3 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES Portugal | S&D | Speeches3 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Christophe HANSEN Luxembourg | EPP | Speeches2 | 15 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | Not in office |
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All votes on this decision, 28
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 2 | Amendment 21 A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 21 | Roll call | 390 for, 217 against, 6 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Greens |
| 3 | Amendment 24 A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 24 | Roll call | 387 for, 227 against, 14 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Greens; separate: Renew |
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| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Amendment 21 A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 21 | Roll call | 390 for, 217 against, 6 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Greens |
| 3 | Amendment 24 A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 24 | Roll call | 387 for, 227 against, 14 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Greens; separate: Renew |
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote | Counted | 354 for, 266 against, 11 abstained Adopted | |
| 5 | Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 6 | Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 7 | Amendment 73 A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 73 | Roll call | 367 for, 257 against, 13 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Greens; separate: S&D |
| 8 | Amendment 74 A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 74 | Roll call | 358 for, 264 against, 12 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Greens; separate: Renew, S&D |
| 9 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115: Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 10 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115: Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 11 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115: Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 12 | Amendment 23 to Article 1 — part 4 A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – Am 23/4 Part voted on: “Farmers whose holding is situated in sites designated as special areas of conservation or special protection areas under Council Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council are deemed to comply with GAEC standards 1 to 7 listed in Annex III of this Regulation for the part of their holding situated in these sites.” | Roll call | 381 for, 249 against, 7 abstained Adopted | Requested byroll call: Greens; split: S&D, Greens |
| 13 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115: Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 14 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115: Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 15 | Amendment 87 to Article 1 A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Article 13 – paragraph 1 – after subparagraph 4 – Am 87 | Roll call | 189 for, 401 against, 48 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Patriots |
| 16 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – § 1 – after point 16; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115: Article 73 – paragraph 3 – point d – after point iv | Counted | 356 for, 272 against, 3 abstained Adopted | |
| 17 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – after point 19; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115: Article 77 – paragraph 8 – point b | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 18 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Article 78a – paragraph 1 | Counted | 341 for, 262 against, 35 abstained Adopted | |
| 19 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Article 78a – paragraph 1 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 20 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Article 96a – paragraph 1 – after subparagraph 2 | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 21 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Article 120 | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 22 | Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Article 159 | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 23 | Amendment 84 to Annex I A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Annex I – point 3 – point a; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Annex III – entry ‘GAEC 1’ – Am 84D | Roll call | 136 for, 493 against, 10 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Greens |
| 24 | Amendment 85 to Annex I A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Annex I – point 3 – point b; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Annex III – entry ‘GAEC 4’ – footnote '*' – paragraphs 1 and 2 – Am 85D | Roll call | 146 for, 484 against, 10 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Greens |
| 25 | Amendments 81 + 86 (voted as one) to Annex I A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Annex I – point 3 – point b; Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Annex III – GAEC 4 – footnote '*' – paragraph 3 – Am 81= 86= | Roll call | 192 for, 411 against, 36 abstained Rejected | Requested byroll call: Greens |
| 26 | Separate vote on recital 57 | Show of hands | Rejected | |
| 27 | Final vote A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Commission proposal | Roll call | 492 for, 111 against, 39 abstained Adopted | |
| 28 | Referral back to committee Request for referral back (Rule 60(4)) | Show of hands | Adopted |
Roll calls requested by Greens, Renew, Patriots · split votes by Greens (2), S&D · separate votes by Greens, S&D, Renew.
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament adopted its position on a proposal to amend EU rules on farm funding, covering conditionality, direct payments, rural development, and payment controls.
The changes aim to simplify the common agricultural policy and make data sharing and payment suspensions more efficient.
Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament's amended version of the proposal to amend the CAP regulations focuses on simplifying rules, exempting small and organic farmers from certain conditionality, and limiting crisis payments to rural development only.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2025/0236(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure
Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 as regards data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 31 December 2025 and now EU law.
Show the 6 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 16 June 2025 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 24 September 2025 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 26 September 2025 (done)
- Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 20 November 2025 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 16 December 2025 (done)
- Published as law · 31 December 2025 (done)
Lead committee: AGRI · Rapporteur: André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES (S&D)
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Connections
What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.
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Sources & citation
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- 25 September 2026
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European Parliament (2025). “Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties”. Decision, 8 October 2025. votingId 179558, document A-10-2025-0164, reference 2025/0236(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-10-08-1,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-10-08},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/1}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-08/1},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 179558, document A-10-2025-0164, reference 2025/0236(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}