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Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts

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Confidence: 75%

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Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "afghanistan"

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Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 193413Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 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 “Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts”. S&D, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR, Renew, ESN and NI voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (181 for, 338 against, 36 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

181

Against

338

Abstain

Margin of victory

157 votes

Turnout (cast)

555

Absent

155

Participation rate

78.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 0Against 138Abstain 0Absent 41

S&D135 MEPs

For 97Against 2Abstain 5Absent 31

PfE85 MEPs

For 0Against 56Abstain 12Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 52Abstain 12Absent 17

Renew77 MEPs

For 3Against 56Abstain 1Absent 17

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 39Against 1Abstain 1Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 5Absent 10

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy29
Austria7
Finland5
Greece5

Most against

Germany52
France44
Poland31
Spain23
Netherlands17

Divided delegations

Austria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Greece
Italy

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 22Against 44Abstain 0Absent 14

Germany95 MEPs

For 32Against 52Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary18 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 29Against 23Abstain 6Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 1Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 3Against 31Abstain 13Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 7Against 11Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 1Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 2Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 21Against 23Abstain 0Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 5Against 10Abstain 5Absent 1

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