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Deforestation Regulation - list of countries presenting a low or high risk

Effect
Objection passed
Result
373 for · 289 against · 26 abstained roll call
Date
9 July 2025, 13:18
Kind
Objection to a Commission measure
More facts (10)
Margin
by a small majority
Counts are for
the objection
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0321
Dossier
2025/2739(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Climate & environmentEconomy & single marketAgriculture, food & fisheries Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call) · Greens (1 roll call) · EPP (1 roll call)
Sitting
Wednesday 9 July 2025
Final vote
178008
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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: 373 for, 289 against, 26 abstained (roll call).

Objection passed by a small majority.

The objection passed. For an implementing measure it is not legally binding: the Commission is asked to withdraw the measure but can still adopt it.

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

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 42Abst. 0No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 0Against 51Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 0Against 128Abst. 1No vote 7 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 12Against 59Abst. 3No vote 1 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.70
EPPFor 167Against 2Abst. 9No vote 10 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
ECRFor 77Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 81Against 1Abst. 0No vote 3 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 21Against 0Abst. 4No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.76
No groupFor 15Against 6Abst. 9No vote 0 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, 32

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
Austria117200.33
Belgium1011010.29
Bulgaria115100.47
Cyprus4200—
Czechia181110.85
Germany5234640.35
Denmark58110.36
Estonia3400—
Spain2927130.26
Finland410010.57
France3938130.25
Greece1110000.29
Croatia75000.38
Hungary122700.36
Ireland410000.57
Italy3835030.28
Lithuania65000.32
Luxembourg3210—
Latvia5202—
Malta2301—
Netherlands1317010.35
Poland414440.76
Portugal711030.42
Romania1712130.35
Sweden813000.43
Slovenia5400—
Slovakia87000.30

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
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches19 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

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 B10-0321/2025 – Motion for a resolution Roll call373 for, 289 against, 26 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: The Left, EPP, Greens

Roll calls requested by The Left, Greens, EPP.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0321

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Parliament objected to the Commission's list of countries with low or high deforestation risk for products sold in the EU, arguing the data is outdated and the method flawed.

The objection was adopted, so the Commission measure is blocked and cannot take effect.

Parliament calls for a more accurate, transparent and flexible risk classification, including a possible fourth 'negligible risk' category.

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Parliament considers that Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093 exceeds the implementing powers of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 and calls for its repeal.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2739(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3) of the Rules of Procedure to the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093 of 22.5.2025 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a list of countries that present a low or high risk of producing relevant commodities for which the relevant products do not comply with Article 3, point (a)

Parliament adopted the text on 9 July 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 3 steps of the dossier
  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Adopted 9 July 2025 (done)
  3. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Author: Alexander BERNHUBER (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 13 connections: Running issue: EU Deforestation Regulation · Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU Deforestation Regulation

Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI 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/2025-07-09/7
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Deforestation Regulation - list of countries presenting a low or high risk”. Decision, 9 July 2025. votingId 178008, document B-10-2025-0321, reference 2025/2739(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-09/7 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 9 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-09-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 9 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-09-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-09, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-07-09/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-07-09-7,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Deforestation Regulation - list of countries presenting a low or high risk}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-07-09},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-09/7}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-09/7},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 178008, document B-10-2025-0321, reference 2025/2739(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-09-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-09-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-09 (CC BY 4.0)}
}