← Votes·2021-06-10

The situation in Afghanistan

Foreign Affairs75%★

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "afghanistan"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 133935Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+6 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 situation in Afghanistan”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR and NI voted mostly in favour, while ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (610 for, 34 against, 39 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

610

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

576 votes

Turnout (cast)

683

Absent

Participation rate

96.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 172Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

S&D136 MEPs

For 130Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Renew101 MEPs

For 101Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

PfE67 MEPs

For 51Against 6Abstain 8Absent 2

ECR63 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 7Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 27Against 9Abstain 5Absent 3

The Left38 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 18Absent 0

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
Italy74
France72
Spain53
Poland49

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 3Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 5Absent 2

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 13Abstain 3Absent 0

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 2Abstain 8Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Ireland13 MEPs

For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 25Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 32Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 53Against 3Abstain 3Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs