The European Parliament gave its consent to the Council's decision to denounce the EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products by 608 votes to 38 , with 15 abstentions. The resolution was carried by an overwhelming cross-group majority: EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and ECR voted unanimously in favour, PfE mostly in favour, and ESN largely in favour. The Left was the only group to vote predominantly against, with 28 of its members opposing and 16 in favour. As a consent procedure vote, Parliament's approval is a required step in the formal process of terminating the bilateral VPA with Liberia. Although the underlying act is a Council decision — meaning Parliament does not draft the legal text — withholding consent would have blocked the denunciation. The breadth of the majority signals strong cross-group support for ending the agreement. The sole noteworthy divergence from group lines came from within The Left, where the Movimento 5 Stelle delegation voted against their group's majority position, and within PfE, where the Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs and Vox delegations voted against their group's predominantly favourable stance. These deviations had no bearing on the outcome given the scale of the majority.
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