← 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 176254Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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”. ECR, PfE and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (157 for, 337 against, 6 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

157

Against

337

Abstain

Margin of victory

180 votes

Turnout (cast)

500

Absent

220

Participation rate

69.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 3Against 112Abstain 0Absent 70

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 86Abstain 0Absent 49

ECR82 MEPs

For 62Against 4Abstain 0Absent 16

Renew79 MEPs

For 5Against 56Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE81 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 0Absent 23

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 46Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 2Absent 19

ESN27 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 3Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic13
Latvia3
Cyprus2
Slovenia2

Most against

Germany58
France34
Italy28
Poland25
Spain23

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 0Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 2Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 29Against 34Abstain 0Absent 19

Germany96 MEPs

For 17Against 58Abstain 1Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 28Abstain 2Absent 22

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 22Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 19Against 25Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 14Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 23Abstain 0Absent 30

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

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