← Votes·2021-05-20

Digital future of Europe: digital single market and use of AI for European consumers

Digital Policy66%★

Confidence: 66%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "digital single market"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 131775Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Digital
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+12 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Digital future of Europe: digital single market and use of AI for European consumers”. EPP, S&D, Renew, PfE, ECR, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (571 for, 17 against, 105 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

571

Against

Abstain

105

Margin of victory

554 votes

Turnout (cast)

693

Absent

Participation rate

98.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 16Absent 2

S&D136 MEPs

For 132Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Renew101 MEPs

For 95Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 64Absent 0

PfE67 MEPs

For 62Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 54Against 1Abstain 8Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 36Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 23Against 5Abstain 8Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy71
Germany64
Spain52
Poland50
France46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 6Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 46Against 3Abstain 28Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 30Absent 2

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

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 24Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 4Abstain 3Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

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