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

Effect
Consent given
Result
608 for · 38 against · 15 abstained roll call
Date
17 June 2026, 13:53
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0133
Dossier
2025/0259(NLE)
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
193517
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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: 608 for, 38 against, 15 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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

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 16Against 28Abst. 0No vote 1 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.45
GreensFor 45Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 127Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 69Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 170Against 0Abst. 0No vote 15 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 75Against 0Abst. 2No vote 5 of 82Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
PatriotsFor 64Against 7Abst. 6No vote 8 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.75
ESNFor 23Against 2Abst. 0No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 19Against 1Abst. 7No 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, 17

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
Belgium182020.85
Bulgaria151010.91
Cyprus5100—
Czechia180210.85
Germany8141100.91
Denmark150001.00
Estonia6001—
Spain493440.81
Finland113010.68
France689040.82
Greece153210.63
Croatia110011.00
Hungary160051.00
Ireland111020.88
Italy701050.98
Lithuania9002—
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia9000—
Malta5001—
Netherlands281020.95
Poland460340.91
Portugal191010.93
Romania270240.90
Sweden192000.86
Slovenia7002—
Slovakia130021.00

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
Javi LÓPEZ SpainS&DSpeeches217 Jun 2026 (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 draft Council decision A10-0133/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Draft Council decision Roll call608 for, 38 against, 15 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0133

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

The European Parliament gave its consent to the termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products.

The agreement, which entered into force on 1 December 2013, is being terminated because Liberia has not been able to honour its commitments.

Parliament's consent means the Council can proceed with the termination.

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Parliament gives its consent to the termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the EU and Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products.

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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 · Rapporteur: Karin KARLSBRO (Renew)

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/2026-06-17/8
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”. Decision, 17 June 2026. votingId 193517, document A-10-2026-0133, reference 2025/0259(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/8 (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-2026-06-17-8,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-06-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/8}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/8},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 193517, document A-10-2026-0133, reference 2025/0259(NLE). 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)}
}