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The human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials

Human Rights84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"
title/description contains "persecution"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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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 158946Source: 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, in particular the persecution of former government officials”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (519 for, 15 against, 18 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

519

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

504 votes

Turnout (cast)

552

Absent

153

Participation rate

78.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 144Against 2Abstain 0Absent 33

S&D136 MEPs

For 102Against 0Abstain 0Absent 34

Renew100 MEPs

For 82Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

ECR65 MEPs

For 49Against 2Abstain 5Absent 9

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 37Against 6Abstain 5Absent 16

The Left37 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

NI46 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 6Absent 17

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany70
France60
Italy57
Spain50
Poland42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 4Absent 15

Germany96 MEPs

For 70Against 7Abstain 0Absent 19

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 2Absent 6

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 23Against 1Abstain 2Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

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