← Votes·2025-05-08

Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market

Internal Market64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "internal market"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 176253Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 “Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market”. EPP, ECR, Renew, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (286 for, 183 against, 30 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

286

Against

183

Abstain

Margin of victory

103 votes

Turnout (cast)

499

Absent

221

Participation rate

69.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 111Against 5Abstain 0Absent 69

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 86Abstain 1Absent 48

ECR82 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 47Against 13Abstain 1Absent 18

PfE81 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 24Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 44Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 26Abstain 0Absent 19

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 4Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany44
Poland40
Italy31
Netherlands20
Czech Republic16

Most against

France27
Belgium10
Finland5
Greece4
Slovenia4

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 0Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 2Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 27Abstain 24Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 32Abstain 1Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 24Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 20Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 40Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 14Against 14Abstain 0Absent 32

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

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