Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible., Climate & environment
EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination
Consent given by an overwhelming majority
Parliament gave its consent.
- For
- 608
- Against
- 38
- Abstained
- 15
roll-call vote at 13:53 · 92% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Karin Karlsbro · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it. · Report A-10-2026-0133
AI:What this decision does
The European Parliament gave its consent to the termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products.§1: source passage in the text The agreement, which entered into force on 1 December 2013, is being terminated because Liberia has not been able to honour its commitments.§2: source passage in the text Parliament's consent means the Council can proceed with the termination.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots, ESN; Divided: The Left
- The Left Divided 16 for, 28 against, 0 abstainedof 45
- Greens For 45 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 127 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 69 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 170 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 185
- ECR For 75 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 82
- Patriots For 64 for, 7 against, 6 abstainedof 86
- ESN For 23 for, 2 against, 0 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 19 for, 1 against, 7 abstainedof 29
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
17 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
ECR voted for (75 of 77). Abstained: 2
Gheorghe Piperea (Romania), Patryk Jaki (Poland)
Patriots voted for (64 of 77). Against: 7, Abstained: 6
Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria, against), Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik (Poland, abstained), Georg Mayer (Austria, against), Gerald Hauser (Austria, against), Harald Vilimsky (Austria, against)
8 more from Patriots
Hermann Tertsch (Spain, against), Jorge Martín Frías (Spain, abstained), Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (Spain, abstained), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Spain, abstained), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Spain, abstained), Petra Steger (Austria, against), Roman Haider (Austria, against), Tomasz Buczek (Poland, abstained)
ESN voted for (23 of 25). Against: 2
Siegbert Frank Droese (Germany), Stanislav Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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