← Votes·2020-05-15

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 114520Source: 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
✓Some 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+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 “Common rules for the operation of air services in the Community in view of the COVID-19 pandemic”. Greens-EFA, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (209 for, 475 against, 10 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

209

Against

475

Abstain

Margin of victory

266 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 170Abstain 0Absent 3

S&D136 MEPs

For 7Against 120Abstain 5Absent 4

Renew101 MEPs

For 3Against 95Abstain 2Absent 1

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

PfE66 MEPs

For 53Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 5Against 57Abstain 1Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 24Against 18Abstain 1Absent 1

The Left38 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy44
France43
Greece10

Most against

Poland50
Germany48
Spain46
Romania33
Netherlands24

Divided delegations

Belgium
Cyprus
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 0Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 5Against 16Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 4Against 8Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 43Against 34Abstain 2Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 41Against 48Abstain 1Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 20Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 31Abstain 0Absent 1

Latvia8 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 4Against 24Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 0Against 50Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 14Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

Spain58 MEPs

For 12Against 46Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

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