As French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann had said on Tuesday 22 October, the vote was expected to be close and the S&D group was right to believe that victory was by no means certain. On Thursday 24 October, the European Parliament rejected by two votes (290 against, 288 for, with 36 abstentions) the draft resolution, tabled by the Social Democrats and adopted by the parliamentary committee (see EUROPE B12354A4) that called on Member States to acknowledge their responsibilities and deploy...