← 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 176268Source: 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+3 / 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, ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (281 for, 193 against, 1 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

281

Against

193

Abstain

Margin of victory

88 votes

Turnout (cast)

475

Absent

245

Participation rate

66.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 107Against 3Abstain 0Absent 75

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 78Abstain 0Absent 56

ECR82 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Renew79 MEPs

For 10Against 47Abstain 0Absent 22

PfE81 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 1Against 43Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 6Against 20Abstain 1Absent 18

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 0Absent 14

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany47
Poland40
Italy38
France33
Czech Republic18

Most against

Netherlands16
Sweden13
Ireland9
Austria8
Finland7

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
France
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 33Against 28Abstain 0Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 47Against 23Abstain 0Absent 26

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 17

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 17Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 12Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 40Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 12Against 12Abstain 0Absent 36

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

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