← Votes·2023-09-13

Single Market emergency instrument

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 157797Source: 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
✓Some 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+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Single Market emergency instrument”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (476 for, 121 against, 51 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

476

Against

121

Abstain

Margin of victory

355 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 158Against 0Abstain 8Absent 13

S&D136 MEPs

For 127Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 7Abstain 0Absent 10

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 55Abstain 6Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 24Absent 5

NI46 MEPs

For 16Against 17Abstain 3Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 23Against 4Abstain 8Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
France54
Spain51
Italy36
Romania30

Most against

Poland26
Hungary8

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 14Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 54Against 19Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 18Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 2Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 3Abstain 31Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 16Against 26Abstain 6Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 30Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

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