← Votes·2023-01-18

The 30th anniversary of the single market: celebrating achievements and looking towards future developments

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 152032Source: 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+10 / 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 “The 30th anniversary of the single market: celebrating achievements and looking towards future developments”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (537 for, 35 against, 66 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

537

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

502 votes

Turnout (cast)

638

Absent

Participation rate

90.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 2Absent 16

S&D136 MEPs

For 120Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew100 MEPs

For 94Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

PfE65 MEPs

For 15Against 9Abstain 36Absent 5

ECR64 MEPs

For 49Against 1Abstain 7Absent 7

NI46 MEPs

For 25Against 6Abstain 7Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 12Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany76
France48
Spain48
Poland47
Italy46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 4Abstain 21Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 76Against 8Abstain 6Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 4Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 24Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 48Against 3Abstain 2Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

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