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Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group ***I

Vote ID 179801Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Significant 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+3 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 “Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group ***I”. EPP, Renew and ECR voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (327 for, 256 against, 58 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

327

Against

256

Abstain

Margin of victory

71 votes

Turnout (cast)

641

Absent

Participation rate

89.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 166Against 0Abstain 2Absent 17

S&D135 MEPs

For 10Against 106Abstain 0Absent 19

PfE83 MEPs

For 6Against 22Abstain 47Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 70Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 2Absent 11

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 36Abstain 2Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland40
Romania25
Netherlands17
Belgium11
Bulgaria11

Most against

Germany52
Italy30
Spain28
Austria13
Greece10

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 7Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 23Against 25Abstain 29Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 36Against 52Abstain 2Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 10Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 11Absent 2

Ireland14 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 30Abstain 0Absent 22

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 40Against 8Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 2Absent 4

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 21Against 28Abstain 0Absent 11

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

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