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Implementation and streamlining of EU internal market rules to strengthen the single market

Internal Market82%★

Confidence: 82%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "internal market"
title/description contains "single market"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 178397Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 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 “Implementation and streamlining of EU internal market rules to strengthen the single market”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew and Greens-EFA voted mostly in favour, while Left and ESN voted mostly against. PfE and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (459 for, 65 against, 90 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

459

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

394 votes

Turnout (cast)

614

Absent

106

Participation rate

85.3%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 163Against 0Abstain 0Absent 22

S&D135 MEPs

For 114Against 2Abstain 0Absent 19

PfE82 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 70Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 68Against 3Abstain 1Absent 10

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 1Against 26Abstain 2Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 12Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 21Abstain 3Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany58
Italy48
Spain46
Poland43
France35

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 13Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 9Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 6Abstain 29Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 17Abstain 7Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 3Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 9Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 48Against 7Abstain 7Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 3Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 46Against 4Abstain 6Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

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