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Common rules for the operation of air services in the Community in view of the COVID-19 pandemic

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "pandemic"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 114515Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+3 / 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 “Common rules for the operation of air services in the Community in view of the COVID-19 pandemic”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (272 for, 363 against, 59 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

272

Against

363

Abstain

Margin of victory

91 votes

Turnout (cast)

694

Absent

Participation rate

98.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 6Against 166Abstain 4Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 125Against 5Abstain 2Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 7Against 91Abstain 2Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 70Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 42Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 1Against 59Abstain 3Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 13Abstain 6Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Spain32
Italy31
Portugal14
Greece12
Ireland7

Most against

Germany46
Poland42
France31
Romania23
Netherlands18

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 6Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 5Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 25Against 31Abstain 23Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 44Against 46Abstain 0Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 15Abstain 29Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 10Against 18Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 42Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 32Against 26Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 9Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

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