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Standardisation strategy for the single market

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 154629Source: 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+4 / 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 “Standardisation strategy for the single market”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour. Left and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (501 for, 18 against, 41 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

501

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

483 votes

Turnout (cast)

560

Absent

145

Participation rate

79.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 145Against 0Abstain 0Absent 34

S&D136 MEPs

For 99Against 0Abstain 0Absent 37

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

ECR65 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 9Absent 11

PfE64 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 7Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 7Abstain 4Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 18Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany61
France59
Italy59
Poland43
Spain41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 59Against 1Abstain 6Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 14Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 13

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 4Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 41Against 3Abstain 1Absent 14

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

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