I watched the voting live and with my very limited knowledge of how the European Parliment works I was able to discern what was voted on and when. There were e

I watched the voting live and with my very limited knowledge of how the European Parliment works I was able to discern what was voted on and when. There were essentially two votes on this issue. First (the one that was lost by only 5 votes) was to vote on amending the directive (to potentially remove article 13 from it) and after that, they proceeded to vote on the whole directive. In my opinion in this case there was enough time for MEPs to make a decision and press one of three buttons in front of them. Also, remember that this was a big, widely discussed issue and it's not something that took them by surprise. The order of what will be voted when was published before the session started and everyone could prepare themselves for it.