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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 181885Source: 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
✓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+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: certain obligations of operators and traders ***I”. Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (134 for, 526 against, 6 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

134

Against

526

Abstain

Margin of victory

392 votes

Turnout (cast)

666

Absent

Participation rate

92.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 1Against 174Abstain 0Absent 10

S&D135 MEPs

For 8Against 116Abstain 1Absent 10

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 80Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 1Absent 7

Renew78 MEPs

For 32Against 38Abstain 1Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 22Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 1Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

None.

Most against

Germany70
Italy56
France52
Spain49
Poland47

Divided delegations

Denmark
Finland
Greece
Netherlands
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 22Against 52Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 20Against 70Abstain 2Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 7Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 13Against 56Abstain 0Absent 7

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 11Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 1Against 47Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 16Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 29Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 49Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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