← 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 176270Source: 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”. PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (86 for, 345 against, 51 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

345

Abstain

Margin of victory

259 votes

Turnout (cast)

482

Absent

238

Participation rate

66.9%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 0Against 110Abstain 0Absent 75

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 81Abstain 0Absent 54

ECR82 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 47Absent 19

PfE81 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 0Absent 23

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 58Abstain 0Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 44Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 2Against 25Abstain 0Absent 18

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 2Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 2Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic10

Most against

Germany67
France32
Italy29
Poland25
Netherlands22

Divided delegations

Austria
France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 7

Belgium22 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 1Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 1Absent 8

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 29Against 32Abstain 0Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 7Against 67Abstain 0Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 7Against 29Abstain 19Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 2Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 6Against 22Abstain 1Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 25Abstain 16Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 4Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 19Abstain 0Absent 34

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

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