← Votes·2019-10-24

The negative impact of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook on EU tourism

Vote ID 109692Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “The negative impact of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook on EU tourism”. S&D, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and ECR voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (252 for, 280 against, 55 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

252

Against

280

Abstain

Margin of victory

28 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

Participation rate

86.6%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 28 votes. 91 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (91) was larger than the 28-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 5Against 146Abstain 5Absent 17

S&D132 MEPs

For 112Against 1Abstain 1Absent 18

Renew96 MEPs

For 10Against 64Abstain 1Absent 21

PfE64 MEPs

For 8Against 10Abstain 42Absent 4

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 58Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR59 MEPs

For 2Against 47Abstain 2Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI43 MEPs

For 19Against 9Abstain 4Absent 11

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
Italy31
Spain25
France22
Portugal13

Most against

Poland36
Romania18
Czech Republic16
Netherlands15
Sweden11

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 9Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia11 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark13 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 1Absent 8

France74 MEPs

For 22Against 21Abstain 21Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 35Abstain 0Absent 12

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy73 MEPs

For 31Against 9Abstain 27Absent 6

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 8Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 7Against 36Abstain 0Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania32 MEPs

For 10Against 18Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain54 MEPs

For 25Against 22Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden20 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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