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Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union

Effect
Consent given
Result
583 for · 78 against · 8 abstained roll call
Date
17 June 2025, 13:44
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0089
Dossier
2024/0245(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Karin Karlsbro
Topics
Climate & environmentForeign affairsTrade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Final vote
177333
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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: 583 for, 78 against, 8 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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

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 6Against 35Abst. 1No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.75
GreensFor 51Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 131Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 64Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 179Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 70Against 4Abst. 1No vote 4 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.90
PatriotsFor 44Against 30Abst. 0No vote 11 of 85Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.39
ESNFor 26Against 0Abst. 0No vote 1 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 12Against 9Abst. 6No vote 3 of 30Majority 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, 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, 12

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
Austria180021.00
Belgium182020.85
Bulgaria150021.00
Cyprus5100—
Czechia182010.85
Germany8010060.83
Denmark131010.89
Estonia7000—
Spain466080.83
Finland102030.75
France3839040.26
Greece171300.71
Croatia120001.00
Hungary170041.00
Ireland121010.88
Italy6210040.79
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8001—
Malta5001—
Netherlands270041.00
Poland510110.97
Portugal181110.85
Romania280320.85
Sweden182010.85
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia150001.00

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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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Antonella SBERNA ItalyECRSpeeches217 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 1

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
1Final vote on the draft Council decision A10-0089/2025 – Karin Karlsbro – Draft Council decision Roll call583 for, 78 against, 8 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0089

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

The European Parliament gave its consent to the termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products.

This means the agreement, which entered into force in 2011 and was tacitly renewable, will expire on 30 November 2025.

Parliament's consent follows the Council's request and the committee's recommendation, and its position will be forwarded to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of member states and Cameroon.

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Parliament gives its consent to the termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0245(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Parliament gave its consent on 17 June 2025. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 31 March 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 15 May 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 16 May 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 17 June 2025 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: Karin KARLSBRO (Renew)

Connections

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

Show 9 connections: Running issue: EU-Cameroon timber agreement · Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU-Cameroon timber agreement

Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers

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/2025-06-17/5
Official sources
Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union”. Decision, 17 June 2025. votingId 177333, document A-10-2025-0089, reference 2024/0245(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 June 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 June 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-06-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-06-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-06-17-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-06-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 177333, document A-10-2025-0089, reference 2024/0245(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-06-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-06-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}