← 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 176271Source: 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
✓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+12 / 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”. Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR, PfE, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. S&D mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (100 for, 306 against, 71 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

100

Against

306

Abstain

Margin of victory

206 votes

Turnout (cast)

477

Absent

243

Participation rate

66.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 1Against 106Abstain 0Absent 78

S&D135 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 66Absent 52

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 61Abstain 0Absent 21

PfE81 MEPs

For 0Against 57Abstain 1Absent 23

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 49Abstain 3Absent 23

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 1Absent 14

Country angle

Most in favour

Austria7
Ireland6

Most against

France42
Germany40
Poland40
Italy31
Czech Republic19

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 2Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 2Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 2Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 9

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 2Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 12Against 42Abstain 7Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 25Against 40Abstain 7Absent 24

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 3Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 12Against 31Abstain 11Absent 22

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 2Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 10Against 19Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 3Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 4Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 5Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 4Against 12Abstain 8Absent 36

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 7Absent 1

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