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Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group

Effect
Passed
Result
327 for · 256 against · 58 abstained roll call
Date
21 October 2025, 13:30–13:32
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a small majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0175
Dossier
2023/0410(COD)
Source
Committee report by Emma Wiesner, Pekka Toveri
Topics
Climate & environmentEU institutions & ParliamentAgriculture, food & fisheries Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
12 votes · 8 roll calls · 3 amendments
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Final vote
179801
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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: 327 for, 256 against, 58 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a small majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 amendments (3 rejected) and 6 parts of the text voted on separately (3 adopted, 3 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.

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

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. 2No vote 7 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.92
GreensFor 0Against 49Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 10Against 107Abst. 0No vote 19 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.87
RenewFor 69Against 2Abst. 0No vote 4 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
EPPFor 169Against 0Abst. 2No vote 17 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 66Against 1Abst. 1No vote 11 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 5Against 23Abst. 48No vote 9 of 85Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.45
ESNFor 0Against 24Abst. 0No vote 3 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 8Against 13Abst. 5No 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, 18

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
Austria613010.53
Belgium1111000.25
Bulgaria115010.53
Cyprus3210—
Czechia84720.13
Germany3652260.37
Denmark78000.30
Estonia5200—
Spain21280110.36
Finland85020.42
France23252940.06
Greece710310.25
Croatia64020.40
Hungary621120.37
Ireland85010.42
Italy24300220.33
Lithuania74000.45
Luxembourg4200—
Latvia6300—
Malta2301—
Netherlands179050.48
Poland408140.72
Portugal87240.21
Romania250170.94
Sweden1010010.25
Slovenia7200—
Slovakia112110.68

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
Pekka TOVERI FinlandEPPSpeeches221 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Emma WIESNER SwedenRenewSpeeches121 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Victor NEGRESCU RomaniaS&DSpeeches121 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 12

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
1Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively Show of hands Adopted
2Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – § 1 – point 3; Council Decision 89/367/EEC – Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a Show of hands Adopted
3Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – § 1 – point 3; Council Decision 89/367/EEC – Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – § 1 – point 3; Council Decision 89/367/EEC – Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a Show of hands Adopted
3Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – § 1 – point 3; Council Decision 89/367/EEC – Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – § 1 – point 3; Council Decision 89/367/EEC – Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b Show of hands Adopted
5Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – § 1 – point 3; Council Decision 89/367/EEC – Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
6Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – § 1 – point 3; Council Decision 89/367/EEC – Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
7Amendment 22 to Article 1 A10-0175/2025 – Emma Wiesner, Pekka Toveri – Article 1 – § 1 – point 3; Council Decision 89/367/EEC – Article 2 – paragraph 2 – after point d – Am 22 Roll call236 for, 395 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
8Amendment 19, adding text after citation 4 A10-0175/2025 – Emma Wiesner, Pekka Toveri – After citation 4 – Am 19 Roll call260 for, 372 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
9Amendment 17 to recital 2 A10-0175/2025 – Emma Wiesner, Pekka Toveri – Recital 2 – Am 17D Roll call198 for, 422 against, 11 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots, Greens
10Separate vote on recital 2 Show of hands Adopted
11Final vote A10-0175/2025 – Emma Wiesner, Pekka Toveri – Commission proposal Roll call327 for, 256 against, 58 abstained Adopted
12Referral back to committee A10-0175/2025 – Emma Wiesner, Pekka Toveri – Request for referral back (Rule 60(4)) Roll call352 for, 242 against, 40 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by Greens, Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0175

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Parliament adopted its position on a proposal to update the rules for the Standing Forestry Committee, which advises the Commission on forestry matters.

The adopted text includes amendments to the committee's tasks and structure, aiming to improve its functioning.

Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially changes its proposal, and will forward its position to the Council and national parliaments.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament's amended version of the proposal to amend Council Decision 89/367/EEC renames the Standing Forestry Committee as the Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group and updates its tasks and composition.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0410(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee

Parliament adopted its position on 21 October 2025. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.

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 · 1 October 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 21 October 2025 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council · Talks opened 21 October 2025 (current stage)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteurs: Emma WIESNER (Renew), Pekka TOVERI (EPP)

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.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/7
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group”. Decision, 21 October 2025. votingId 179801, document A-10-2025-0175, reference 2023/0410(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/7 (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-2025-10-21-7,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/7}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/7},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 179801, document A-10-2025-0175, reference 2023/0410(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)}
}