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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
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)
Final vote
179804
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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

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 37Abst. 0No vote 9 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 0Against 49Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 2Against 117Abst. 0No vote 17 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.97
RenewFor 20Against 46Abst. 5No vote 4 of 75Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.47
EPPFor 164Against 5Abst. 2No vote 17 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
ECRFor 69Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 77Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 23Against 0Abst. 1No vote 3 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 15Against 10Abst. 1No vote 4 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, 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.

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
Austria127010.45
Belgium119200.25
Bulgaria105110.44
Cyprus4200—
Czechia181020.92
Germany5040060.33
Denmark411000.60
Estonia4300—
Spain26221110.30
Finland77010.25
France3938040.26
Greece109020.29
Croatia64020.40
Hungary181020.92
Ireland48020.50
Italy28280200.25
Lithuania65000.32
Luxembourg1500—
Latvia8100—
Malta2301—
Netherlands1314040.28
Poland443240.85
Portugal89040.29
Romania179070.48
Sweden710310.25
Slovenia5400—
Slovakia86010.36

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.

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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
Eric SARGIACOMO FranceS&DSpeeches221 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Against
Victor NEGRESCU RomaniaS&DSpeeches221 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Emma WIESNER SwedenRenewSpeeches121 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) Abstained

All votes on this decision, 11

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
1Proposal to reject the text Final vote A10-0176/2025 – Emma Wiesner, Eric Sargiacomo – Proposal for rejection Roll call370 for, 264 against, 9 abstained Adopted
2Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
3Vote on text inserted after Article 1 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
Show the other 10 votesShow the other 8 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
3Vote on text inserted after Article 1 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on Article 13 Show of hands Lapsed
5Separate vote on Article 13 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
6Separate vote on Article 13 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
7Separate vote on Annex II, point k, paragraph 3 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
8Vote on text inserted after recital 2 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
9Vote on text inserted after recital 9 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
10Final vote Commission proposal Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
11Referral back to committee Request for referral back (Rule 60(2)) Counted261 for, 358 against, 12 abstained Rejected

Roll calls requested by Greens, EPP, Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0176

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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.

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Parliament rejects the Commission proposal for a regulation on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests and calls on the Commission to withdraw it.

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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
  1. Referred to committee · 26 February 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 23 September 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 2 October 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 21 October 2025 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council (to come)
  6. 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.

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)}
}