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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 176281Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some 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+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 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”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while PfE, Left and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (306 for, 80 against, 57 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

306

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

226 votes

Turnout (cast)

443

Absent

277

Participation rate

61.5%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 93Against 1Abstain 4Absent 87

S&D135 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 4Absent 57

Renew79 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

ECR82 MEPs

For 34Against 3Abstain 18Absent 27

PfE81 MEPs

For 3Against 31Abstain 18Absent 29

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 42Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 0Absent 23

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 3Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 8Absent 15

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany50
Italy38
Poland23
Netherlands22
Sweden15

Most against

France30

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 5Absent 7

Belgium22 MEPs

For 10Against 3Abstain 0Absent 9

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 7Absent 5

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 11

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 7Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

France82 MEPs

For 28Against 30Abstain 1Absent 23

Germany96 MEPs

For 50Against 17Abstain 5Absent 24

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 2Absent 16

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 4Absent 17

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 38Against 7Abstain 6Absent 25

Latvia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 22Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 16Absent 14

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 3Absent 14

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain60 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 2Absent 44

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 0Absent 4

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