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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 193420Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE, ESN and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (480 for, 5 against, 83 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

480

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

475 votes

Turnout (cast)

568

Absent

142

Participation rate

80.0%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 136Against 0Abstain 0Absent 43

S&D135 MEPs

For 105Against 0Abstain 0Absent 30

PfE85 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 48Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 63Against 2Abstain 3Absent 14

Renew77 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

The Left45 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 1Abstain 22Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 10Absent 10

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany64
Italy57
Spain45
Poland43
France42

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 6Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Denmark15 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 27Absent 11

Germany95 MEPs

For 64Against 0Abstain 21Absent 10

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 5Absent 10

Hungary18 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 57Against 1Abstain 1Absent 17

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 1Abstain 5Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 3Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

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