← 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 176262Source: 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
✓Significant 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+12 / 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 NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (137 for, 326 against, 22 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

137

Against

326

Abstain

Margin of victory

189 votes

Turnout (cast)

485

Absent

235

Participation rate

67.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 2Against 98Abstain 11Absent 74

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 84Abstain 0Absent 51

ECR82 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 56Abstain 3Absent 20

PfE81 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 1Absent 23

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 44Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 0Absent 19

ESN27 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 6Absent 14

Country angle

Most in favour

France28
Czech Republic14
Latvia3

Most against

Germany61
Italy31
Poland24
Netherlands21
Spain20

Divided delegations

Austria
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 1Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 4Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 28Against 28Abstain 5Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 2Against 61Abstain 8Absent 25

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 5Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 31Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 21Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 20Against 24Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 1Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 20Abstain 0Absent 33

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

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