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?

2025/2053(INI) · Own-initiative procedure

Procedure 2025/2053(INI) (own-initiative procedure) concerns “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?”; the committee responsible is AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 30 Apr 2026: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 30 Apr 2026 (final vote): adopted with 426 votes in favour, 119 against and 40 abstentions.

Reference
2025/2053(INI)
Type
Own-initiative procedure
Status
Concluded in Parliament
Lead
AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur
Carlo Fidanza (ECR, Italy)
Shadow rapporteurs
Sebastian Everding (The Left, Germany), David Cormand (Greens/EFA, France), Cristina Maestre (S&D, Spain), Benoit Cassart (Renew, Belgium), Jessika van Leeuwen (EPP, Netherlands), Valérie Deloge (PfE, France)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Timeline

  1. 13 Mar 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
  2. 11 Jun 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
  3. 12 Jun 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
  4. 18 Mar 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  5. 13 Apr 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
  6. 30 Apr 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.