← 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 178819Source: 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
✓Some 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+4 / 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 (208 for, 401 against, 4 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

208

Against

401

Abstain

Margin of victory

193 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 17Against 146Abstain 1Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 114Abstain 0Absent 21

PfE82 MEPs

For 74Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 63Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 19Against 5Abstain 3Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy37
Hungary15
Czech Republic14
Slovakia5

Most against

Germany62
Spain46
France38
Poland23
Romania20

Divided delegations

France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 4Against 14Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 5Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 32Against 38Abstain 0Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 22Against 62Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 25Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 8Against 18Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 22Against 23Abstain 1Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 14Abstain 0Absent 6

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 20Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 2Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 46Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0

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