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← Votes·2020-11-24

Towards a more sustainable single market for business and consumers

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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Vote ID 124928Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
55
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓Very 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+15 / 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 “Towards a more sustainable single market for business and consumers”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (344 for, 342 against, 15 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
344
Against
342
Abstain
15
Margin of victory
2 votes
Turnout (cast)
701
Absent
4
Participation rate
99.4%
⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 2 votes. 4 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (4) was larger than the 2-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

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 11Against 166Abstain 2Absent 1
S&D136 MEPs
For 133Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1
Renew101 MEPs
For 54Against 40Abstain 7Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1
PfE66 MEPs
For 8Against 58Abstain 0Absent 0
ECR63 MEPs
For 5Against 55Abstain 2Absent 1
NI44 MEPs
For 24Against 17Abstain 3Absent 0
The Left38 MEPs
For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • France48
  • Germany48
  • Spain39
  • Belgium16
  • Portugal14
Most against
  • Italy43
  • Poland43
  • Netherlands16
  • Romania16
  • Hungary14
Divided delegations
  • Austria
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Ireland
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 11Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 16Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 8Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 9Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 48Against 31Abstain 0Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 48Against 47Abstain 0Absent 1
Greece21 MEPs
For 9Against 9Abstain 3Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 32Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 13Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 8Against 43Abstain 0Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 10Against 16Abstain 7Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 39Against 19Abstain 1Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 10Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

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