Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Climate & environment
Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders
Passed by a clear majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 402
- Against
- 250
- Abstained
- 8
roll-call vote at 12:29 · 61% 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: EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Against: The Left, Greens, S&D; Divided: Renew
- The Left Against 0 for, 38 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens Against 0 for, 52 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D Against 8 for, 115 against, 2 abstainedof 137
- Renew Divided 29 for, 36 against, 2 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 173 for, 1 against, 3 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 73 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots For 79 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 87
- ESN For 20 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 20 for, 7 against, 0 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).
S&D voted against (115 of 125). For: 8, Abstained: 2
Adnan Dibrani (Sweden, for), Dario Nardella (Italy, abstained), Evin Incir (Sweden, for), Heléne Fritzon (Sweden, for), Johan Danielsson (Sweden, for)
5 more from S&D
Maria Grapini (Romania, for), Marina Kaljurand (Estonia, abstained), Nils Ušakovs (Latvia, for), Sofie Eriksson (Sweden, for), Vasile Dîncu (Romania, for)
EPP voted for (173 of 177). Against: 1, Abstained: 3
Liesbet Sommen (Belgium, abstained), Pascal Arimont (Belgium, abstained), Sirpa Pietikäinen (Finland, against), Wouter Beke (Belgium, abstained)
Patriots voted for (79 of 80). Against: 1
Annamária Vicsek (Hungary)
ESN voted for (20 of 21). Abstained: 1
Ivan David (Czechia)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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How it got here
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 34 amendments (10 adopted, 24 rejected) and 54 parts of the text voted on separately (26 adopted, 5 rejected, 23 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.
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