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Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union.
Adopted by an overwhelming majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 557
- Against
- 75
- Abstained
- 37
roll-call vote at 13:44 · 83% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Karin Karlsbro · Report A-10-2025-0094
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted a resolution backing the termination of the EU-Cameroon Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber.§1: source passage in the text The agreement, in force since 2011, aimed to ensure all Cameroonian timber exports to the EU are legal, but Cameroon has not fully set up the required legality assurance system.§1: source passage in the text Parliament's position supports ending the agreement, as Cameroon has not met its obligations and forest governance has worsened.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Against: ESN; Divided: Patriots
- The Left For 38 for, 1 against, 3 abstainedof 47
- Greens For 51 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 130 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 137
- Renew For 64 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 76
- EPP For 180 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 64 for, 9 against, 2 abstainedof 79
- Patriots Divided 10 for, 37 against, 27 abstainedof 90
- ESN Against 0 for, 25 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 20 for, 3 against, 4 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
16 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (38 of 42). Against: 1, Abstained: 3
Estrella Galán (Spain, against), Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus, abstained), João Oliveira (Portugal, abstained), Marc Botenga (Belgium, abstained)
ECR voted for (64 of 75). Against: 9, Abstained: 2
Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Georgiana Teodorescu (Romania, abstained), Guillaume Peltier (France, against)
6 more from ECR
Jaak Madison (Estonia, against), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, abstained), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, against)
ESN voted against (25 of 26). Abstained: 1
Sarah Knafo (France)
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