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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
Adopted
Result
557 for · 75 against · 37 abstained roll call
Date
17 June 2025, 13:44
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0094
Dossier
2024/0245M
Source
Committee report by Karin Karlsbro
Topics
Climate & environmentTrade & customsForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Final vote
177334
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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: 557 for, 75 against, 37 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

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

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 38Against 1Abst. 3No vote 4 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.86
GreensFor 51Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 130Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 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 180Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 64Against 9Abst. 2No vote 4 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.78
PatriotsFor 10Against 37Abst. 27No vote 11 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.25
ESNFor 0Against 25Abst. 1No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 20Against 3Abst. 4No 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, 16

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
Austria126020.50
Belgium160420.70
Bulgaria123020.70
Cyprus5010—
Czechia122610.40
Germany7614060.77
Denmark120210.79
Estonia6100—
Spain475080.86
Finland111030.88
France4630140.40
Greece173100.71
Croatia120001.00
Hungary101640.38
Ireland130011.00
Italy640750.85
Lithuania91010.85
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8001—
Malta5001—
Netherlands270041.00
Poland463310.83
Portugal180300.79
Romania280320.85
Sweden173010.78
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia132000.80

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

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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 motion for a resolution A10-0094/2025 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolution Roll call557 for, 75 against, 37 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0094

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

Parliament adopted a resolution backing the termination of the EU-Cameroon Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber.

The agreement, in force since 2011, aimed to ensure all Cameroonian timber exports to the EU are legal, but Cameroon has not fully set up the required legality assurance system.

Parliament's position supports ending the agreement, as Cameroon has not met its obligations and forest governance has worsened.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0245(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

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

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 · Author: Karin KARLSBRO (Renew)

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Connections

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

Show 8 connections: Running issue: EU-Cameroon timber agreement · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU-Cameroon timber agreement

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/6
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

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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 177334, document A-10-2025-0094, reference 2024/0245M. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/6 (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-2025-06-17-6,
  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/2025-06-17/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-06-17/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 177334, document A-10-2025-0094, reference 2024/0245M. 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)}
}