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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 193418Source: 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 (184 for, 348 against, 28 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

184

Against

348

Abstain

Margin of victory

164 votes

Turnout (cast)

560

Absent

150

Participation rate

78.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 0Against 135Abstain 0Absent 44

S&D135 MEPs

For 86Against 8Abstain 7Absent 34

PfE85 MEPs

For 8Against 61Abstain 0Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 3Against 45Abstain 19Absent 15

Renew77 MEPs

For 3Against 62Abstain 0Absent 12

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 23Abstain 0Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 1Absent 11

Country angle

Most in favour

Italy31
Finland5

Most against

Germany53
France46
Poland27
Spain23
Romania20

Divided delegations

Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Lithuania

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 13Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 7

Croatia12 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 5Against 9Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 23Against 46Abstain 0Absent 11

Germany95 MEPs

For 31Against 53Abstain 1Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary18 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 5Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 31Against 26Abstain 0Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 8Against 18Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 4Against 27Abstain 17Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 3Against 20Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 20Against 23Abstain 0Absent 17

Sweden21 MEPs

For 6Against 10Abstain 4Absent 1

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