Rejection of a single European framework for monitoring the resilience of European forests

21. 10. 2025 - The European Parliament rejects the European Commission's proposal for a new framework to monitor the state of Europe's forests. 370 MEPs voted in favour of rejecting the proposal, while 264 voted against and nine abstained.
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By rejecting the proposal, the MPs ended the first reading and the proposal is now at this stage of the legislative process. The Commission wanted to create a Forest Monitoring Law to harmonise data collection on the state of forests across the EU and strengthen the resilience of Europe's forests to drought, pests and fires.

In addition to the introduction of a new Standing Group of Experts on Forests and Forestry, the law was intended to help close knowledge gaps on the state of Europe's forests. However, the proposal did not receive enough support, with some MEPs describing it as too complex and unnecessarily bureaucratic.

The EU Council had already adopted its general position on 16 June. Following the rejection in Parliament, the Commission will have to rework the proposal or present a new version.

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