← 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 176257Source: 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+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 “Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (386 for, 87 against, 27 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

386

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

299 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 113Against 3Abstain 0Absent 69

S&D135 MEPs

For 86Against 0Abstain 0Absent 49

ECR82 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 5Absent 17

Renew79 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE81 MEPs

For 11Against 29Abstain 18Absent 23

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 18

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 20Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 8Abstain 1Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany54
Italy42
Poland42
Netherlands30
Spain21

Most against

France32
Hungary3

Divided delegations

France
Hungary

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 9Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 30Against 32Abstain 0Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 54Against 22Abstain 0Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 1Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 42Against 12Abstain 0Absent 22

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 21Against 2Abstain 6Absent 31

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 3Absent 0

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