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Protection of the environment through criminal law

Effect
Consent given
Result
499 for · 99 against · 69 abstained roll call
Date
8 July 2026, 13:21
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0156
Dossier
2025/0244(NLE)
Source
Committee report by Ilhan Kyuchyuk
Topics
Climate & environment Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Final vote
194904
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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: 499 for, 99 against, 69 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by a large majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by Patriots and 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 40Against 1Abst. 0No vote 4 of 45Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 50Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 126Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 74Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 171Against 0Abst. 1No vote 13 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 4Against 15Abst. 59No vote 6 of 84Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.63
PatriotsFor 15Against 54Abst. 5No vote 11 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.59
ESNFor 0Against 25Abst. 1No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 19Against 4Abst. 3No vote 1 of 27Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group.

Voted against their group, 42

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
Austria136010.53
Belgium163300.59
Bulgaria93320.40
Cyprus5010—
Czechia151230.75
Germany7715040.76
Denmark132000.80
Estonia6010—
Spain485070.86
Finland140011.00
France4428090.42
Greece143310.55
Croatia110100.88
Hungary160140.91
Ireland130011.00
Italy3972280.36
Lithuania81200.59
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia5130—
Malta5001—
Netherlands208120.53
Poland2761910.28
Portugal163020.76
Romania221640.64
Sweden183000.79
Slovenia9000—
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
Victor NEGRESCU RomaniaS&DSpeeches18 Jul 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 A10-0156/2026 – Ilhan Kyuchyuk – Draft Council decision Roll call499 for, 99 against, 69 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0156

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

The European Parliament voted on the Council decision to conclude the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law.

Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement, meaning the EU can proceed with it.

The Convention sets binding international standards for criminalising serious environmental offences and strengthens prevention and cooperation.

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Parliament gives its consent to the Council decision concluding the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0244(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law

Parliament gave its consent on 8 July 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 12 March 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 June 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 12 June 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 8 July 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: Ilhan KYUCHYUK (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/2026-07-08/2
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Protection of the environment through criminal law”. Decision, 8 July 2026. votingId 194904, document A-10-2026-0156, reference 2025/0244(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-08-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Protection of the environment through criminal law}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 194904, document A-10-2026-0156, reference 2025/0244(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}