← Votes·2025-10-09

Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes

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 179720Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓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+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while PfE and ESN voted mostly against. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (504 for, 74 against, 30 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

504

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

430 votes

Turnout (cast)

608

Absent

112

Participation rate

84.4%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 164Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

S&D135 MEPs

For 98Against 2Abstain 0Absent 35

PfE82 MEPs

For 20Against 41Abstain 13Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 60Against 9Abstain 2Absent 11

Renew79 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 1Abstain 13Absent 3

ESN27 MEPs

For 2Against 21Abstain 1Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany63
Italy62
Spain51
Poland44
France39

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

France

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 3

Belgium22 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 39Against 32Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 63Against 15Abstain 7Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 2Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 9Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 21Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 9

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 3Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 51Against 1Abstain 0Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

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