← Votes·2021-01-20

Strengthening the Single Market: the future of free movement of services

Internal Market82%★

Confidence: 82%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "single market"
title/description contains "free movement"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 127023Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓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+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Strengthening the Single Market: the future of free movement of services”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (462 for, 120 against, 108 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

462

Against

120

Abstain

108

Margin of victory

342 votes

Turnout (cast)

690

Absent

Participation rate

98.2%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 164Against 4Abstain 7Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Renew100 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 67Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 8Against 52Abstain 5Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 43Against 8Abstain 11Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 15Abstain 10Absent 0

The Left38 MEPs

For 0Against 35Abstain 2Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany51
Poland49
Spain41
France35
Romania33

Most against

Italy29

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 35Against 28Abstain 15Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 51Against 16Abstain 25Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 29Abstain 27Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 6Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 9Absent 2

Sweden20 MEPs

For 12Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

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