← Votes·2022-09-13

Deforestation Regulation

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 147502Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some 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+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Deforestation Regulation”. 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 (453 for, 57 against, 123 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

453

Against

Abstain

123

Margin of victory

396 votes

Turnout (cast)

633

Absent

Participation rate

89.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 124Against 23Abstain 17Absent 15

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 2Absent 11

Renew100 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 14Absent 10

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 44Absent 9

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 32Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 6Abstain 12Absent 7

The Left37 MEPs

For 34Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France56
Spain51
Germany47
Italy36
Romania24

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 4Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 19Absent 3

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 20Abstain 25Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 10Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 1Abstain 19Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 19Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 51Against 4Abstain 1Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 6Absent 4

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