← 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 176278Source: 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+10 / 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”. ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (164 for, 276 against, 22 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

164

Against

276

Abstain

Margin of victory

112 votes

Turnout (cast)

462

Absent

258

Participation rate

64.2%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 23Against 76Abstain 1Absent 85

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 81Abstain 0Absent 52

ECR82 MEPs

For 55Against 6Abstain 1Absent 20

PfE81 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

Renew79 MEPs

For 1Against 53Abstain 1Absent 24

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 10

ESN27 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 16Absent 5

The Left45 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 1Absent 23

NI29 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 2Absent 14

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland38
France35
Italy30
Czech Republic13

Most against

Germany53
Netherlands20
Sweden19
Spain16
Ireland12

Divided delegations

Austria
Denmark
France
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 2Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 3Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 10

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 23Abstain 1Absent 23

Germany96 MEPs

For 7Against 53Abstain 13Absent 23

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 30Against 25Abstain 0Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 9Against 20Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 38Against 3Abstain 1Absent 11

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 1Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 16Abstain 0Absent 38

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 0Absent 2

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