Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible., Climate & environment
Protection of the environment through criminal law
Consent given by a large majority
Parliament gave its consent.
- For
- 499
- Against
- 99
- Abstained
- 69
roll-call vote at 13:21 · 75% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Ilhan Kyuchyuk · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it. · Report A-10-2026-0156
AI:What this decision does
The European Parliament voted on the Council decision to conclude the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law.§1: source passage in the text Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement, meaning the EU can proceed with it.§1: source passage in the text The Convention sets binding international standards for criminalising serious environmental offences and strengthens prevention and cooperation.§2: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: Patriots, ESN; Abstained: ECR
- The Left For 40 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 45
- Greens For 50 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 53
- S&D For 126 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 74 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 171 for, 0 against, 1 abstainedof 185
- ECR Abstained 4 for, 15 against, 59 abstainedof 84
- Patriots Against 15 for, 54 against, 5 abstainedof 86
- ESN Against 0 for, 25 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 19 for, 4 against, 3 abstainedof 27
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
42 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted for (40 of 41). Against: 1
João Oliveira (Portugal)
EPP voted for (171 of 172). Abstained: 1
Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia)
ECR abstained (59 of 78). For: 4, Against: 15
Adam Bielan (Poland, for), Assita Kanko (Belgium, against), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Cristian Terheş (Romania, against)
14 more from ECR
Dick Erixon (Sweden, against), Diego Solier (Spain, for), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Guillaume Peltier (France, against), Jessika van Leeuwen (Netherlands, against), Johan van Overtveldt (Belgium, against), Kris van Dijck (Belgium, against), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, against), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Nora Junco García (Spain, for), Sander Smit (Netherlands, against), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, for)
Patriots voted against (54 of 74). For: 15, Abstained: 5
Afroditi Latinopoulou (Greece, abstained), András Gyürk (Hungary, for), András László (Hungary, for), Annamária Vicsek (Hungary, for), Antonín Staněk (Czechia, abstained)
15 more from Patriots
Barbara Bonte (Belgium, abstained), Csaba Dömötör (Hungary, for), Enikő Győri (Hungary, for), Gerolf Annemans (Belgium, abstained), György Hölvényi (Hungary, for), Jana Nagyová (Czechia, for), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia, for), Jaroslav Knot (Czechia, for), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia, for), Kinga Gál (Hungary, for), Klara Dostalova (Czechia, for), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia, for), Pál Szekeres (Hungary, for), Tom Vandendriessche (Belgium, abstained), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia, for)
ESN voted against (25 of 26). Abstained: 1
Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary)
Groups as they are now; members who changed group are compared with their current one.
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