← Votes·2025-09-11

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 178818Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+5 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 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 “Implementation and streamlining of EU internal market rules to strengthen the single market”. PfE, ECR, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (155 for, 412 against, 46 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

155

Against

412

Abstain

Margin of victory

257 votes

Turnout (cast)

613

Absent

107

Participation rate

85.1%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 5Against 156Abstain 4Absent 20

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 115Abstain 0Absent 20

PfE82 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 35Absent 10

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 64Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 7Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

France35
Czech Republic11
Hungary10
Cyprus2

Most against

Germany62
Spain48
Italy32
Poland24
Romania20

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 1Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 1Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 35Against 33Abstain 1Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 17Against 62Abstain 5Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 2Against 13Abstain 1Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 32Abstain 0Absent 15

Latvia9 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 3Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 2Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 18Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 5Against 24Abstain 19Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 5Against 20Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 7Against 48Abstain 1Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

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