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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 182885Source: 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”. Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (138 for, 512 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

138

Against

512

Abstain

Margin of victory

374 votes

Turnout (cast)

656

Absent

Participation rate

91.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 1Against 167Abstain 1Absent 16

S&D135 MEPs

For 8Against 114Abstain 2Absent 11

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 78Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE84 MEPs

For 0Against 76Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 35Against 34Abstain 1Absent 8

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 48Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 18Abstain 2Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Slovakia7
Finland6

Most against

Germany72
Italy61
France51
Spain48
Poland45

Divided delegations

Denmark
Finland
Greece
Ireland
Netherlands
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 19Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 26Against 51Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 19Against 72Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 14Against 61Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 11Against 17Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 1Against 45Abstain 2Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 17Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 2Against 24Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 5Against 48Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

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