← Votes·2020-11-24

Addressing product safety in the Single Market

Internal Market64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "single 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 "product safety"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 124910Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Addressing product safety in the Single Market”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, PfE and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (325 for, 356 against, 19 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

325

Against

356

Abstain

Margin of victory

31 votes

Turnout (cast)

700

Absent

Participation rate

99.3%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 31 votes. 5 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (5) was not larger than the 31-vote margin.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs

For 8Against 165Abstain 6Absent 1

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Renew101 MEPs

For 15Against 85Abstain 0Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

PfE66 MEPs

For 25Against 40Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 4Against 51Abstain 7Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 29Against 10Abstain 5Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany59
France51
Spain34
Portugal14
Greece9

Most against

Italy43
Poland43
Romania23
Netherlands17
Czech Republic15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 4Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 2Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 51Against 28Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 59Against 36Abstain 0Absent 1

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 3Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 2Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 12Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 34Against 24Abstain 1Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs