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← Votes·2020-11-25

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 125364Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
87
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓Strong political group division
  • ✓Significant national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many 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+10 / 10
Group division+12 / 15
Country division+15 / 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 ECR voted mostly against. EPP and PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (395 for, 94 against, 207 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
395
Against
94
Abstain
207
Margin of victory
301 votes
Turnout (cast)
696
Absent
9
Participation rate
98.7%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP180 MEPs
For 36Against 3Abstain 139Absent 2
S&D136 MEPs
For 130Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4
Renew101 MEPs
For 68Against 19Abstain 14Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1
PfE66 MEPs
For 19Against 13Abstain 33Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 6Against 48Abstain 9Absent 0
NI44 MEPs
For 26Against 6Abstain 11Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • France75
  • Germany45
  • Spain41
  • Netherlands18
  • Belgium15
Most against
  • Poland28
  • Czech Republic10
Divided delegations
  • Bulgaria
  • Czech Republic
  • Estonia
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 8Against 0Abstain 11Absent 0
Belgium21 MEPs
For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 7Against 4Abstain 6Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 7Against 10Abstain 4Absent 0
Denmark14 MEPs
For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0
Finland14 MEPs
For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
France79 MEPs
For 75Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Germany96 MEPs
For 45Against 19Abstain 27Absent 5
Greece21 MEPs
For 8Against 3Abstain 9Absent 1
Hungary21 MEPs
For 7Against 0Abstain 14Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 31Against 6Abstain 37Absent 2
Latvia8 MEPs
For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 5Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 18Against 5Abstain 6Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 9Against 28Abstain 14Absent 1
Portugal21 MEPs
For 14Against 0Abstain 7Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 12Against 3Abstain 18Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 4Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 41Against 4Abstain 14Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 15Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

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