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The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)

Effect
Passed
Result
371 for · 162 against · 37 abstained roll call
Date
8 May 2025, 13:15
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (6)
Margin
by a large majority
Topics
Climate & environment Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 8 May 2025
Final vote
176241
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 371 for, 162 against, 37 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected).

Backed by Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left, Greens and S&D.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 0Against 29Abst. 1No vote 16 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.95
GreensFor 0Against 43Abst. 5No vote 5 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.84
S&DFor 41Against 54Abst. 12No vote 29 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.26
RenewFor 49Against 14Abst. 0No vote 12 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.67
EPPFor 115Against 16Abst. 12No vote 45 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.71
ECRFor 61Against 0Abst. 4No vote 15 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
PatriotsFor 71Against 2Abst. 1No vote 11 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
ESNFor 22Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 12Against 4Abst. 2No vote 11 of 29Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 55

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria102530.38
Belgium86080.36
Bulgaria130041.00
Cyprus2103—
Czechia140610.55
Germany53178180.52
Denmark94020.54
Estonia6001—
Spain27161160.42
Finland55050.25
France46163160.56
Greece622110.40
Croatia5403—
Hungary90660.40
Ireland94010.54
Italy34253140.32
Lithuania5204—
Luxembourg3201—
Latvia6102—
Malta5001—
Netherlands1712110.35
Poland2617280.37
Portugal710040.38
Romania253050.84
Sweden165000.64
Slovenia3303—
Slovakia2508—

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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All votes on this decision, 2

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Amendments 1 + 2 (voted as one) C10-0044/2025 - Rejet - Am 1= 2= Roll call171 for, 365 against, 31 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
2Final vote C10-0044/2025 - Proposition de la Commission Roll call371 for, 162 against, 37 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Greens.

Text

The text voted on.

Parliament’s vote records link no text to this decision.

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 5 connections: Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-08/2
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)”. Decision, 8 May 2025. votingId 176241. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-08/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-05-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-05-08-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-05-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-08/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-08/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 176241. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}