← Votes·2023-04-19

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 154187Source: 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
✓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+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (552 for, 44 against, 43 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

552

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

508 votes

Turnout (cast)

639

Absent

Participation rate

90.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 128Against 11Abstain 22Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 46Against 12Abstain 4Absent 2

ECR65 MEPs

For 44Against 8Abstain 7Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 3Abstain 8Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

France70
Italy68
Germany56
Spain54
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Finland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 16Abstain 15Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 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 24Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 6Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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