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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 193417Source: 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 (142 for, 380 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

142

Against

380

Abstain

Margin of victory

238 votes

Turnout (cast)

558

Absent

152

Participation rate

78.6%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 2Against 129Abstain 1Absent 47

S&D135 MEPs

For 2Against 98Abstain 1Absent 34

PfE85 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 6Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 43Against 3Abstain 22Absent 14

Renew77 MEPs

For 0Against 65Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 0Against 42Abstain 0Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 37Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 6Absent 9

Country angle

Most in favour

Czech Republic12
Slovakia5

Most against

Germany64
Spain36
France34
Italy34
Poland24

Divided delegations

France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 6Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 0Absent 5

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 12Against 5Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 2Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 28Against 34Abstain 5Absent 13

Germany95 MEPs

For 15Against 64Abstain 5Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary18 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 25Against 34Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 7Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 9Against 24Abstain 16Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 7Against 15Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 4Abstain 1Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 9Against 36Abstain 0Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 3Against 15Abstain 1Absent 2

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