The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)

Procedure 2025/0058(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)”; the committee responsible is ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 24 Jun 2025. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 8 May 2025 (final vote): adopted with 371 votes in favour, 162 against and 37 abstentions.

Reference

2025/0058(COD)

Type

Ordinary legislative procedure

Official title

Amending Council Directive 92/43/EEC as regards the protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)

Status

Completed, 1st reading

Lead

ENVI Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus) (C10-0044/2025), 8 May 2025: final vote, main vote: C10-0044/2025 - Commission proposal, adopted, 371 for, 162 against, 37 abstentions; plus 1 more roll-call vote

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 5 Jun 2025: Council (Transport, Telecommunications and Energy), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 24 for, 0 against, 3 abstentions. Abstained: Belgium, Spain, Poland. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1st reading

1. 31 Mar 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 6 May 2025: Vote in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)
3. 8 May 2025: EP position at 1st reading
4. 17 Jun 2025: Signature
5. 24 Jun 2025: Publication in the Official Journal

• All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Votes in the Council: Council of the European Union, voting results (consilium.europa.eu), reused with acknowledgement of the source under Decision (EU) 2017/1842; population figures from the Council’s Rules of Procedure (Annex III, Official Journal of the EU). Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)