← Votes·2023-02-14

EU/Guyana Voluntary Partnership Agreement: forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU

Vote ID 152508Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some 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+4 / 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 “EU/Guyana Voluntary Partnership Agreement: forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (575 for, 9 against, 61 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

575

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

566 votes

Turnout (cast)

645

Absent

Participation rate

91.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 165Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 93Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE65 MEPs

For 56Against 3Abstain 1Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 47Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 6Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 6Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany88
France71
Italy62
Spain49
Romania31

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 88Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 7Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 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 18Against 3Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 27Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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