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The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women’s rights and attacks against educational institutions

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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Gender Equality65%

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "women's rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Education64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "education"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 150777Source: 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
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+0 / 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 Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women’s rights and attacks against educational institutions”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (532 for, 8 against, 25 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

532

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

524 votes

Turnout (cast)

565

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 140Against 0Abstain 0Absent 39

S&D136 MEPs

For 109Against 1Abstain 0Absent 26

Renew100 MEPs

For 82Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

PfE65 MEPs

For 42Against 2Abstain 9Absent 12

ECR64 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 5Absent 15

NI45 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 6Absent 12

The Left37 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 2Absent 10

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany73
France62
Italy57
Poland43
Spain38

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 0Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

France79 MEPs

For 62Against 2Abstain 0Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 73Against 0Abstain 8Absent 15

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy75 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia8 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 8

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 4Absent 17

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

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