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
- 405
- Against
- 242
- Abstained
- 8
roll-call vote at 12:25 · 62% 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, 42 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens Against 0 for, 48 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D Against 7 for, 112 against, 4 abstainedof 137
- Renew Divided 34 for, 33 against, 1 abstainedof 75
- EPP For 170 for, 2 against, 1 abstainedof 193
- ECR For 75 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 79
- Patriots For 78 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 87
- ESN For 23 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 18 for, 5 against, 2 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
14 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D voted against (112 of 123). For: 7, Abstained: 4
Adnan Dibrani (Sweden, for), Eero Heinäluoma (Finland, abstained), Evin Incir (Sweden, for), Heléne Fritzon (Sweden, for), Johan Danielsson (Sweden, for)
6 more from S&D
Maria Grapini (Romania, for), Maria Guzenina (Finland, abstained), Marina Kaljurand (Estonia, abstained), Nils Ušakovs (Latvia, for), Sofie Eriksson (Sweden, for), Sven Mikser (Estonia, abstained)
EPP voted for (170 of 173). Against: 2, Abstained: 1
Łukasz Kohut (Poland, abstained), Mika Aaltola (Finland, against), Sirpa Pietikäinen (Finland, against)
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.
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