← 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 176273Source: 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 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+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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, S&D, ECR, PfE, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (444 for, 32 against, 3 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

444

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

412 votes

Turnout (cast)

479

Absent

241

Participation rate

66.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 108Against 1Abstain 0Absent 76

S&D135 MEPs

For 81Against 0Abstain 0Absent 54

ECR82 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

PfE81 MEPs

For 50Against 8Abstain 0Absent 23

Renew79 MEPs

For 54Against 3Abstain 0Absent 22

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 2Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

France62
Germany56
Italy53
Poland42
Netherlands22

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Germany96 MEPs

For 56Against 17Abstain 1Absent 22

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 0Absent 36

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

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