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Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders ***I

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 181813Source: 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+8 / 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 “Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders ***I”. EPP, PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (402 for, 250 against, 8 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

402

Against

250

Abstain

Margin of victory

152 votes

Turnout (cast)

660

Absent

Participation rate

91.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 171Against 1Abstain 3Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 8Against 114Abstain 2Absent 11

PfE84 MEPs

For 78Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 75Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 29Against 39Abstain 2Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 52Abstain 0Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

NI29 MEPs

For 20Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany56
Poland44
France40
Italy35
Spain31

Most against

Greece10
Denmark8
Finland7
Ireland7
Malta3

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 40Against 34Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 34Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland14 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 35Against 32Abstain 1Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 15Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 31Against 22Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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