← 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 169565Source: 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+10 / 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 deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (565 for, 8 against, 43 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

565

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

557 votes

Turnout (cast)

616

Absent

105

Participation rate

85.4%

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

By political group

EPP188 MEPs

For 152Against 0Abstain 0Absent 36

S&D135 MEPs

For 116Against 0Abstain 0Absent 19

Renew79 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

ECR82 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 4Absent 9

PfE77 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 18Absent 17

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI30 MEPs

For 17Against 5Abstain 2Absent 6

ESN26 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 18Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

France76
Italy67
Germany62
Spain49
Poland45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Czech Republic20 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland16 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 76Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 62Against 4Abstain 13Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Hungary20 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania12 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 5Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 1Abstain 5Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 25Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 49Against 0Abstain 6Absent 5

Sweden21 MEPs