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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 182886Source: 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, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (405 for, 242 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

405

Against

242

Abstain

Margin of victory

163 votes

Turnout (cast)

655

Absent

Participation rate

91.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 167Against 2Abstain 1Absent 15

S&D135 MEPs

For 7Against 111Abstain 4Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE84 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 34Against 36Abstain 1Absent 7

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 0Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 4Abstain 2Absent 5

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
Poland42
Italy41
France40
Spain29

Most against

Greece11
Denmark8
Finland7
Malta3

Divided delegations

Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 2Absent 2

France81 MEPs

For 40Against 37Abstain 0Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 31Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Ireland14 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 41Against 33Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 16Against 12Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 4Abstain 2Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 24Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

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