Decision
Monitoring framework for resilient European forests
- Effect
- Rejected outright
- Result
- 370 for · 264 against · 9 abstained roll call
- Date
- 21 October 2025, 13:25
- Kind
- New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (10)
- Margin
- by a clear majority
- Counts are for
- the motion to reject the text
- Dossier
- 2023/0413(COD)
- Source
- Committee report by Emma Wiesner, Eric Sargiacomo
- Topics
- Climate & environmentAgriculture, food & fisheries Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 11 votes · 8 roll calls
- Requested by
- Greens (1 roll call) · EPP (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call)
- Sitting
- Tuesday 21 October 2025
- Final vote
- 179804
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 370 for, 264 against, 9 abstained (roll call).
Rejected outright by a clear majority.
A proposal to reject the whole text was adopted, so no final vote was needed.
MEPs also decided on 7 parts of the text voted on separately (7 lapsed).
Backed by EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left, Greens, S&D and Renew.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 0 | Against 37 | Abst. 0 | No vote 9 of 46 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Greens | For 0 | Against 49 | Abst. 0 | No vote 4 of 53 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| S&D | For 2 | Against 117 | Abst. 0 | No vote 17 of 136 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.97 | |
| Renew | For 20 | Against 46 | Abst. 5 | No vote 4 of 75 | Majority line Against | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.47 | |
| EPP | For 164 | Against 5 | Abst. 2 | No vote 17 of 188 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.94 | |
| ECR | For 69 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 10 of 79 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Patriots | For 77 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 8 of 85 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| ESN | For 23 | Against 0 | Abst. 1 | No vote 3 of 27 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.94 | |
| No group | For 15 | Against 10 | Abst. 1 | No vote 4 of 30 | Majority 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, 10
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.
S&D line Against · 2 voted for of 119 who voted
Voted for (2)
- Maria GUZENINA Finland
- Nils UŠAKOVS Latvia
EPP line For · 5 voted against, 2 abstained of 171 who voted
Voted against (5)
- Isabel WISELER-LIMA Luxembourg
- Łukasz KOHUT Poland
- Manuela RIPA Germany
- Martine KEMP Luxembourg
- Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN Finland
Abstained (2)
- Liesbet SOMMEN Belgium
- Wouter BEKE Belgium
ESN line For · 1 abstained of 24 who voted
Abstained (1)
- Stanislav STOYANOV Bulgaria
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.45 |
| Belgium | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.44 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Czechia | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.92 |
| Germany | 50 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 0.33 |
| Denmark | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 |
| Estonia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spain | 26 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 0.30 |
| Finland | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 |
| France | 39 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0.26 |
| Greece | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 |
| Croatia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 |
| Hungary | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.92 |
| Ireland | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 |
| Italy | 28 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0.25 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.32 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Latvia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Malta | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Netherlands | 13 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0.28 |
| Poland | 44 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0.85 |
| Portugal | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0.29 |
| Romania | 17 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0.48 |
| Sweden | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Slovakia | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.36 |
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.
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric SARGIACOMO France | S&D | Speeches2 | 21 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | Against |
| Victor NEGRESCU Romania | S&D | Speeches2 | 21 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | No vote recorded |
| Emma WIESNER Sweden | Renew | Speeches1 | 21 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | Abstained |
All votes on this decision, 11
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proposal to reject the text Final vote A10-0176/2025 – Emma Wiesner, Eric Sargiacomo – Proposal for rejection | Roll call | 370 for, 264 against, 9 abstained Adopted | |
| 2 | Final vote Text as a whole | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 3 | Vote on text inserted after Article 1 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed |
Show the other 10 votesShow the other 8 votes
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Final vote Text as a whole | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 3 | Vote on text inserted after Article 1 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed |
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Separate vote on Article 13 | Show of hands | Lapsed | |
| 5 | Separate vote on Article 13 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 6 | Separate vote on Article 13 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 7 | Separate vote on Annex II, point k, paragraph 3 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 8 | Vote on text inserted after recital 2 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 9 | Vote on text inserted after recital 9 | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 10 | Final vote Commission proposal | Roll call | 0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed | |
| 11 | Referral back to committee Request for referral back (Rule 60(2)) | Counted | 261 for, 358 against, 12 abstained Rejected |
Roll calls requested by Greens, EPP, Patriots.
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament voted on a proposed EU law to set up a monitoring framework for resilient European forests.
It rejected the Commission's proposal and called on the Commission to withdraw it.
Parliament will forward its position to the Council, the Commission and national parliaments.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament rejects the Commission proposal for a regulation on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests and calls on the Commission to withdraw it.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2023/0413(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure
Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 21 October 2025. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.
Show the 6 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 26 February 2024 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 23 September 2025 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 2 October 2025 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 21 October 2025 (done)
- Negotiations with the Council (to come)
- Published as law (to come)
Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteurs: Emma WIESNER (Renew), Eric SARGIACOMO (S&D)
Connections
What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Monitoring framework for resilient European forests”. Decision, 21 October 2025. votingId 179804, document A-10-2025-0176, reference 2023/0413(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/6 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-21/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-10-21-6,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Monitoring framework for resilient European forests}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-10-21},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/6}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/6},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 179804, document A-10-2025-0176, reference 2023/0413(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}