Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Climate & environment
Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application
Passed by an overwhelming majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 546
- Against
- 97
- Abstained
- 7
roll-call vote at 12:56 · 84% of votes cast in favour
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
How the groups voted
For: S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Against: The Left, Greens
- The Left Against 1 for, 41 against, 1 abstainedof 47
- Greens Against 2 for, 45 against, 1 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 120 for, 3 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 73 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 166 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 64 for, 1 against, 1 abstainedof 78
- Patriots For 78 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 91
- ESN For 20 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 26
- No group not a group 22 for, 5 against, 1 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
15 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (41 of 43). For: 1, Abstained: 1
Ilaria Salis (Italy, for), João Oliveira (Portugal, abstained)
Greens voted against (45 of 48). For: 2, Abstained: 1
Markéta Gregorová (Czechia, for), Martin Häusling (Germany, for), Rasmus Andresen (Germany, abstained)
S&D voted for (120 of 123). Against: 3
Csaba Molnár (Hungary), Elio Di Rupo (Belgium), Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium)
Renew voted for (73 of 74). Against: 1
Sigrid Friis (Denmark)
EPP voted for (166 of 168). Against: 1, Abstained: 1
Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (Poland, abstained), Nicolás Pascual De La Parte (Spain, against)
ECR voted for (64 of 66). Against: 1, Abstained: 1
Gheorghe Piperea (Romania, against), Patryk Jaki (Poland, abstained)
ESN voted for (20 of 22). Abstained: 2
Ivan David (Czechia), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary)
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