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← Votes·2020-09-15

The EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests

Vote ID 116785Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
71
/ 100

Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+0 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+10 / 10
Group division+10 / 15
Country division+6 / 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 “The EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. PfE and ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (543 for, 47 against, 109 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For
543
Against
47
Abstain
109
Margin of victory
496 votes
Turnout (cast)
699
Absent
6
Participation rate
99.2%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs
For 153Against 19Abstain 7Absent 1
S&D136 MEPs
For 130Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2
Renew101 MEPs
For 78Against 4Abstain 17Absent 2
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
PfE66 MEPs
For 26Against 7Abstain 33Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 8Against 8Abstain 46Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 36Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0
The Left38 MEPs
For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • France79
  • Germany77
  • Spain55
  • Romania30
  • Poland25
Most against
  • Sweden9
Divided delegations
  • Austria
  • Finland
  • Sweden
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 9Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 16Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 5Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 79Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 77Against 13Abstain 6Absent 0
Greece21 MEPs
For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 33Against 7Abstain 35Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 19Against 1Abstain 9Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 25Against 1Abstain 25Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 55Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 7Against 9Abstain 5Absent 0

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