← Votes·2021-01-21

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 127172Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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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+12 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (485 for, 86 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

485

Against

Abstain

108

Margin of victory

399 votes

Turnout (cast)

679

Absent

Participation rate

96.6%

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

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 133Against 7Abstain 27Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 133Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Renew100 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 12Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 45Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 6Against 49Abstain 7Absent 1

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 15Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany79
France53
Spain48
Italy37
Romania29

Most against

Poland27

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 5Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 10Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 4Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 22Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 79Against 11Abstain 3Absent 3

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 13Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 7Abstain 28Absent 4

Latvia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 17Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Poland52 MEPs

For 21Against 27Abstain 1Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 6Abstain 4Absent 1

Sweden20 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

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