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Virtual worlds – opportunities, risks and policy implications 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 163060Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong 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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Virtual worlds – opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while ECR voted mostly against. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (484 for, 45 against, 98 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

484

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

439 votes

Turnout (cast)

627

Absent

Participation rate

88.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 156Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

S&D136 MEPs

For 119Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Renew100 MEPs

For 98Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 8Absent 9

PfE64 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 49Absent 7

ECR65 MEPs

For 1Against 34Abstain 22Absent 8

NI46 MEPs

For 27Against 3Abstain 7Absent 9

The Left38 MEPs

For 25Against 3Abstain 7Absent 3

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
Spain52
France47
Italy36
Romania26

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 6Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 24Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 2Abstain 8Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 29Absent 11

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 3Absent 5

Poland52 MEPs

For 23Against 25Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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