← 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 176279Source: 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 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+10 / 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 and PfE voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (146 for, 311 against, 14 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

146

Against

311

Abstain

Margin of victory

165 votes

Turnout (cast)

471

Absent

249

Participation rate

65.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 11Against 94Abstain 0Absent 80

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 81Abstain 0Absent 54

ECR82 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

PfE81 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Renew79 MEPs

For 4Against 53Abstain 0Absent 22

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 2Against 42Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 6Absent 19

ESN27 MEPs

For 5Against 17Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 8Absent 14

Country angle

Most in favour

France35
Czech Republic12
Denmark3
Latvia3
Slovakia2

Most against

Germany66
Italy25
Poland23
Netherlands20
Spain14

Divided delegations

Austria
Denmark
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 6

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 0Absent 8

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 25Abstain 0Absent 22

Germany96 MEPs

For 3Against 66Abstain 6Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 24Against 25Abstain 6Absent 21

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 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 18Against 23Abstain 0Absent 12

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 1Absent 13

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 40

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

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