← Votes·2020-10-22

An EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation

Environment65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "deforestation"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 124011Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “An EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. EPP and PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (377 for, 75 against, 243 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

377

Against

Abstain

243

Margin of victory

302 votes

Turnout (cast)

695

Absent

Participation rate

98.9%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 32Against 12Abstain 133Absent 2

S&D135 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 79Against 0Abstain 21Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 56Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 45Abstain 14Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 25Against 6Abstain 12Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Germany48
Spain41
Netherlands19
Portugal18

Most against

Poland26

Divided delegations

Austria
Czech Republic

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 6Abstain 4Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 9Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 8Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 7Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 30Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 48Against 17Abstain 30Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 8Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Ireland12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 1Abstain 42Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 6Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 26Abstain 16Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 14Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 4Abstain 13Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 7Absent 1

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