← 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 176274Source: 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
✓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+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, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (375 for, 92 against, 6 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

375

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

283 votes

Turnout (cast)

473

Absent

247

Participation rate

65.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 106Against 0Abstain 1Absent 78

S&D135 MEPs

For 69Against 12Abstain 0Absent 54

ECR82 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

PfE81 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 1Absent 23

Renew79 MEPs

For 45Against 10Abstain 0Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 3Against 41Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 27Abstain 0Absent 18

ESN27 MEPs

For 20Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 4Absent 13

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
Italy44
Poland43
France36
Netherlands22

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Finland
France
Greece
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 0Absent 8

Belgium22 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 9

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 36Against 24Abstain 1Absent 21

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 20Abstain 4Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 10Abstain 0Absent 22

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 0Absent 37

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

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