← 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 176263Source: 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”. PfE and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (67 for, 378 against, 36 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

Against

378

Abstain

Margin of victory

311 votes

Turnout (cast)

481

Absent

239

Participation rate

66.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 1Against 109Abstain 0Absent 75

S&D135 MEPs

For 9Against 72Abstain 1Absent 53

ECR82 MEPs

For 3Against 55Abstain 3Absent 21

PfE81 MEPs

For 24Against 21Abstain 13Absent 23

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 0Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 36Abstain 7Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 2Absent 18

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 1Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 7Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

France36
Greece2
Cyprus1

Most against

Germany63
Poland43
Italy39
Netherlands29
Spain25

Divided delegations

Cyprus
France
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 2Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 8Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 2Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 36Against 21Abstain 4Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 4Against 63Abstain 6Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 8Against 39Abstain 5Absent 24

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 3Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 2Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Spain60 MEPs

For 3Against 25Abstain 0Absent 32

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

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