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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"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 193414Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Strong 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+3 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE and ESN voted mostly against. ECR mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (295 for, 189 against, 73 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

295

Against

189

Abstain

Margin of victory

106 votes

Turnout (cast)

557

Absent

153

Participation rate

78.5%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 42Against 79Abstain 8Absent 50

S&D135 MEPs

For 103Against 0Abstain 3Absent 29

PfE85 MEPs

For 6Against 46Abstain 16Absent 17

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 29Abstain 37Absent 15

Renew77 MEPs

For 55Against 4Abstain 5Absent 13

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 0Against 23Abstain 1Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 3Absent 10

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany43
Italy37
France33
Spain23
Poland20

Most against

Czech Republic11

Divided delegations

Austria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 7Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 6Absent 4

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 11Abstain 1Absent 5

Denmark15 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 0Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 33Against 33Abstain 1Absent 13

Germany95 MEPs

For 43Against 43Abstain 0Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 3Absent 11

Hungary18 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 37Against 4Abstain 17Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta5 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 12Against 10Abstain 5Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 20Against 8Abstain 20Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 9Against 9Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 9Abstain 2Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 23Against 13Abstain 8Absent 16

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

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