← Votes·2024-04-10

EU/Côte d’Ivoire Voluntary Partnership Agreement: forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and timber products to the EU (resolution)

Vote ID 167351Source: 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
✓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+7 / 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/Côte d’Ivoire Voluntary Partnership Agreement: forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and timber products to the EU (resolution)”. 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 (521 for, 11 against, 78 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

521

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

510 votes

Turnout (cast)

610

Absent

Participation rate

86.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 155Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

S&D136 MEPs

For 118Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 46Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 36Against 3Abstain 9Absent 16

NI46 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 12Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 9Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany89
France66
Italy49
Spain46
Poland24

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 1Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 89Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 4Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 9Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 9Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 22Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 5Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

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