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EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination (Resolution)

Effect
Adopted
Result
542 for · 52 against · 70 abstained roll call
Date
17 June 2026, 13:54
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0146
Dossier
2025/0259M
Source
Committee report by Karin Karlsbro
Topics
Climate & environmentForeign affairsTrade & customs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Final vote
193518
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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: 542 for, 52 against, 70 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 Patriots; opposed by ESN; ECR 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 37Against 7Abst. 0No vote 1 of 45Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.76
GreensFor 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 126Against 0Abst. 1No vote 8 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 71Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 168Against 0Abst. 0No vote 17 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 33Against 4Abst. 41No vote 4 of 82Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.29
PatriotsFor 39Against 15Abst. 23No vote 8 of 85Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.26
ESNFor 2Against 24Abst. 0No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 20Against 2Abst. 5No vote 2 of 29Majority 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, 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
Austria126020.50
Belgium134320.47
Bulgaria123110.63
Cyprus6000—
Czechia911010.25
Germany7315080.74
Denmark141000.90
Estonia6001—
Spain486240.79
Finland140011.00
France655740.77
Greece162210.70
Croatia100110.86
Hungary81750.25
Ireland111020.88
Italy631750.83
Lithuania7112—
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia7020—
Malta5001—
Netherlands242320.74
Poland3511340.57
Portugal200011.00
Romania220740.64
Sweden180300.79
Slovenia7002—
Slovakia122010.79

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 A10-0146/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolution Roll call542 for, 52 against, 70 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0146

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–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on timber trade, which aims to combat illegal logging.

The agreement, in force since 2013, has not achieved its core objective as Liberia's licensing scheme is not operational.

Parliament supports ending the agreement and encourages the Commission to assist Liberia in meeting EU timber regulations and preparing for the deforestation regulation.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0259(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade in timber products to the European Union

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 July 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 15 December 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 6 May 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 7 May 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 17 June 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 21 July 2026 (done)

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 3 connections: Running issue: EU-Cameroon timber agreement

Running issue: EU-Cameroon timber agreement

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/10
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination (Resolution)”. Decision, 17 June 2026. votingId 193518, document A-10-2026-0146, reference 2025/0259M. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/10 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-06-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-06-17-10,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination (Resolution)}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-06-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/10}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/10},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 193518, document A-10-2026-0146, reference 2025/0259M. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}