← Votes·2024-09-19

The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’

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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 169559Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’”. ECR, PfE, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (182 for, 418 against, 13 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

182

Against

418

Abstain

Margin of victory

236 votes

Turnout (cast)

613

Absent

108

Participation rate

85.0%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 16Against 134Abstain 1Absent 37

S&D135 MEPs

For 4Against 108Abstain 2Absent 21

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 74Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 2Abstain 3Absent 10

PfE77 MEPs

For 57Against 4Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 0Against 49Abstain 0Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 7Absent 5

ESN26 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy32
Czech Republic11
Slovakia7
Slovenia4
Cyprus1

Most against

Germany60
Spain46
France40
Poland26
Netherlands24

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
France
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 3Against 16Abstain 2Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Czech Republic20 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 37Against 40Abstain 0Absent 5

Germany96 MEPs

For 14Against 60Abstain 5Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 9

Hungary20 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 32Abstain 1Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 5Against 24Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 25Against 26Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 18Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 18Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 46Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 1Absent 0

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