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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 193416Source: 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”. PfE, ECR, ESN and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (155 for, 382 against, 26 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

155

Against

382

Abstain

Margin of victory

227 votes

Turnout (cast)

563

Absent

147

Participation rate

79.3%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 1Against 130Abstain 2Absent 46

S&D135 MEPs

For 1Against 103Abstain 0Absent 31

PfE85 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 6Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 53Against 0Abstain 15Absent 14

Renew77 MEPs

For 1Against 65Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 1Against 41Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 38Abstain 0Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

NI29 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 3Absent 9

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic13
Latvia4
Slovakia4

Most against

Germany65
Spain36
France35
Italy35
Poland24

Divided delegations

Bulgaria
France
Greece
Latvia
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 12Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 31Against 35Abstain 1Absent 13

Germany95 MEPs

For 20Against 65Abstain 0Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary18 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 18Against 35Abstain 6Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 3

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 8Against 19Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 10Against 24Abstain 15Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 8Against 15Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 36Abstain 0Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 17Abstain 0Absent 1

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