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Consumer protection in online video games: a European Single Market approach

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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Consumer Protection64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "consumer protection"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 151561Source: 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
✓Some 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+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 “Consumer protection in online video games: a European Single Market approach”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (577 for, 56 against, 15 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

577

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

521 votes

Turnout (cast)

648

Absent

Participation rate

91.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 162Against 1Abstain 5Absent 11

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Renew100 MEPs

For 91Against 2Abstain 3Absent 4

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 63Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

PfE65 MEPs

For 57Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 13Against 41Abstain 4Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 32Against 4Abstain 1Absent 9

The Left37 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany86
France72
Italy70
Spain50
Romania29

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 86Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 70Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 24Against 24Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 7Absent 3

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