← Votes·2024-03-14

The repressive environment in Afghanistan, including public executions and violence against women

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 166745Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

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

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Topic importance+8 / 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 repressive environment in Afghanistan, including public executions and violence against women”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (513 for, 9 against, 24 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

513

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

504 votes

Turnout (cast)

546

Absent

159

Participation rate

77.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 135Against 0Abstain 0Absent 44

S&D136 MEPs

For 108Against 0Abstain 0Absent 28

Renew100 MEPs

For 80Against 1Abstain 0Absent 19

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

ECR65 MEPs

For 46Against 2Abstain 5Absent 12

PfE64 MEPs

For 34Against 3Abstain 10Absent 17

The Left38 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 3Absent 9

NI46 MEPs

For 22Against 3Abstain 2Absent 19

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
France68
Italy50
Poland46
Spain46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 2Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France79 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 1Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 7Absent 18

Greece21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 0Absent 25

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 24Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 18Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain59 MEPs

For 46Against 1Abstain 3Absent 9

Sweden21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

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