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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%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "afghanistan"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 193419Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+6 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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, PfE, ECR, Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (296 for, 252 against, 19 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

296

Against

252

Abstain

Margin of victory

44 votes

Turnout (cast)

567

Absent

143

Participation rate

79.9%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 1Against 136Abstain 0Absent 42

S&D135 MEPs

For 103Against 1Abstain 0Absent 31

PfE85 MEPs

For 37Against 19Abstain 13Absent 16

ECR82 MEPs

For 51Against 15Abstain 1Absent 15

Renew77 MEPs

For 3Against 63Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 3Against 18Abstain 3Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Country angle

Most in favour

France48
Italy44
Poland24
Spain24
Romania13

Most against

Germany48
Netherlands17
Belgium9
Ireland9
Bulgaria6

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 9Abstain 3Absent 4

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 4Against 6Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 4Abstain 1Absent 6

Denmark15 MEPs

For 8Against 6Abstain 0Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 5Against 5Abstain 0Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 48Against 18Abstain 2Absent 12

Germany95 MEPs

For 38Against 48Abstain 0Absent 9

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 2Abstain 0Absent 10

Hungary18 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 4Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 44Against 15Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 10Against 17Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 24Against 21Abstain 4Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 9Abstain 0Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 13Against 10Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 6Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 24Against 21Abstain 0Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 10Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

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