← 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 ***

Vote ID 167405Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓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+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 “EU/Côte d’Ivoire Voluntary Partnership Agreement: forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and timber products to the EU ***”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (585 for, 10 against, 20 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

585

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

575 votes

Turnout (cast)

615

Absent

Participation rate

87.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 153Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 50Against 2Abstain 5Absent 8

PfE64 MEPs

For 42Against 4Abstain 3Absent 15

NI46 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 5Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 7Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany88
France69
Italy57
Spain48
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 88Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 3Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 3Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

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