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?
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 30 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 13 March 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 18 March 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 13 April 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 30 April 2026
- ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development
- Rapporteur
- Carlo FIDANZA ECR
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Jessika VAN LEEUWEN PPECristina MAESTRE S&DValérie DELOGE PfEBenoit CASSART RenewDavid CORMAND Verts/ALEMEP #256961 The Left
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: decimal separators are changed from points to commas in several statistics. One substantive addition calls for incentivising extensive and grass-based livestock farming under the CAP. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report expands significantly, adding many new recitals and paragraphs on livestock's role in food security, rural development, and trade. It strengthens calls for CAP support, including a dedicated budget, and for measures to address farmer income and generational renewal. It adds emphasis on vaccination, biosecurity, and disease prevention, including new funding mechanisms and a European animal health fund. It introduces new paragraphs on trade reciprocity, mirror clauses, and promotion of EU products, and on synthetic foods and labelling. The other changes are formal or wording updates, such as punctuation and rephrasing. see the changes →
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 30 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 426 Against 119 Abstained 40
Final vote — text as a whole at 13:25 · 73% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 38 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on paragraph 2AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Separate vote on paragraph 2AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Separate vote on paragraph 10Adoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded4. Separate vote on paragraph 11AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded5. Separate vote on paragraph 11AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 11 13:21 A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – After § 11 – Am 1Rejected7. Separate vote on paragraph 12AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded8. Separate vote on paragraph 12AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded9. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 15 13:21 A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – After § 15 – Am 2Rejected10. Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 18 13:22 A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – After § 18 – Am 3Rejected11. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 27 13:22 A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – After § 27 – Am 4Adopted12. Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 37 13:22 A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – After § 37 – Am 5Rejected13. Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 37 13:22 A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – After § 37 – Am 6Rejected14. Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 39 13:22 A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – After § 39 – Am 7Rejected15. Separate vote on paragraph 43AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded16. Separate vote on paragraph 43AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded17. Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 46 13:23 A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – After § 46 – Am 8Rejected18. Separate vote on paragraph 52AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded19. Separate vote on paragraph 52AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded20. Separate vote on paragraph 63AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded21. Separate vote on paragraph 63AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded22. Separate vote on paragraph 63AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded23. Separate vote on paragraph 65Adoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded24. Separate vote on paragraph 65AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded25. Separate vote on paragraph 66AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded26. Separate vote on paragraph 66AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded27. Separate vote on paragraph 66AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded28. Separate vote on paragraph 68AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded29. Separate vote on paragraph 68AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded30. Separate vote on paragraph 68AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded31. Separate vote on paragraph 70Adoptedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded32. Separate vote on paragraph 70AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded33. Separate vote on paragraph 70AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded34. Separate vote on paragraph 71AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded35. Separate vote on paragraph 71AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded36. Separate vote on paragraph 99AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded37. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 107RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded38. Final vote — text as a whole 13:25 A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 30 April 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 13 April 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 18 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 14 July 2025 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.
- 12 June 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 13 March 2025 Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.