← 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 176258Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong 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+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 “Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market”. S&D, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (127 for, 321 against, 40 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

127

Against

321

Abstain

Margin of victory

194 votes

Turnout (cast)

488

Absent

232

Participation rate

67.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 2Against 109Abstain 0Absent 74

S&D135 MEPs

For 79Against 3Abstain 2Absent 51

ECR82 MEPs

For 2Against 60Abstain 1Absent 19

Renew79 MEPs

For 2Against 59Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 34Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 5Against 39Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 0Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain10
Belgium8
Greece5

Most against

Germany53
Poland41
Italy29
Netherlands27
Czech Republic15

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
France
Italy
Portugal
Romania
Spain

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 15Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 8

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 6

France82 MEPs

For 16Against 21Abstain 25Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 23Against 53Abstain 0Absent 20

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 18Against 29Abstain 5Absent 24

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 3Against 27Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 41Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 12Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Spain60 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 5Absent 35

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

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