← 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

View all votes on Internal Market →

Vote ID 176269Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

/ 100

Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

Show full breakdown

Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+2 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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”. ECR, PfE, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (168 for, 312 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

168

Against

312

Abstain

Margin of victory

144 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 2Against 107Abstain 0Absent 76

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 80Abstain 0Absent 55

ECR82 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew79 MEPs

For 5Against 53Abstain 0Absent 21

PfE81 MEPs

For 56Against 1Abstain 0Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 3Against 24Abstain 0Absent 18

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 1Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy27
Czech Republic14
Latvia3
Cyprus1

Most against

Germany49
France32
Poland24
Netherlands19
Sweden18

Divided delegations

Austria
Cyprus
France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Romania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 28Against 32Abstain 1Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 24Against 49Abstain 0Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 27Against 27Abstain 0Absent 22

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 19Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 20Against 24Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 0Absent 36

Sweden21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…