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Protecting the EU’s internal market and consumer rights against the negative implications of the illegal trade in companion animals

Internal Market64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "internal market"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Consumer Protection64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "consumer rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 112530Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Protecting the EU’s internal market and consumer rights against the negative implications of the illegal trade in companion animals”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (607 for, 3 against, 19 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

607

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

604 votes

Turnout (cast)

629

Absent

Participation rate

89.5%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 158Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

S&D136 MEPs

For 128Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew101 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

ECR63 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

PfE66 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 5Absent 14

NI44 MEPs

For 28Against 1Abstain 6Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany78
France73
Italy67
Spain52
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 11Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs