← 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 178820Source: 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 (197 for, 402 against, 13 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

197

Against

402

Abstain

Margin of victory

205 votes

Turnout (cast)

612

Absent

108

Participation rate

85.0%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 4Against 147Abstain 11Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 0Against 116Abstain 0Absent 19

PfE82 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 1Against 63Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 29Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy29
Poland24
Czech Republic14
Hungary10
Slovakia6

Most against

Germany60
Spain48
France34
Romania20
Netherlands18

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 9Abstain 1Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 0Absent 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 34Abstain 4Absent 12

Germany96 MEPs

For 21Against 60Abstain 0Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 10Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 26Abstain 7Absent 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 24Against 24Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 20Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 48Abstain 0Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

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