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Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts
Adopted by an overwhelming majority
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
- For
- 480
- Against
- 5
- Abstained
- 83
roll-call vote at 13:36 · 85% of votes cast in favour
Motion for a resolution · Motion B-10-2026-0247
AI:What this decision does
The resolution condemns the Taliban's systemic discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan, calling it gender apartheid that may amount to crimes against humanity.§1: source passage in the text It denounces the Taliban's adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts and urges its immediate revocation and cessation of implementation.§1: source passage in the text Parliament adopted the text as its official position, urging the EU and member states to support accountability efforts, including ICC investigations and sanctions.§1: source passage in the text It also calls for discarding plans to invite Taliban representatives to Brussels and for expediting humanitarian visas while refraining from deportations of Afghan asylum seekers.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Abstained: Patriots, ESN
- The Left For 37 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 45
- Greens For 43 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 106 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 136
- Renew For 65 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 136 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 186
- ECR For 62 for, 2 against, 3 abstainedof 81
- Patriots Abstained 21 for, 1 against, 48 abstainedof 86
- ESN Abstained 1 for, 1 against, 22 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 9 for, 1 against, 10 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
29 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
ECR voted for (62 of 67). Against: 2, Abstained: 3
Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, abstained), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, abstained), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, abstained)
Patriots abstained (48 of 70). For: 21, Against: 1
Aldo Patriciello (Italy, for), Anna Maria Cisint (Italy, against), Barbara Bonte (Belgium, for), Gerolf Annemans (Belgium, for), Hermann Tertsch (Spain, for)
17 more from Patriots
Isabella Tovaglieri (Italy, for), Jana Nagyová (Czechia, for), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia, for), Jaroslav Knot (Czechia, for), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia, for), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (Spain, for), Jorge Martín Frías (Spain, for), Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (Spain, for), Klara Dostalova (Czechia, for), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Spain, for), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Spain, for), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia, for), Paolo Borchia (Italy, for), Silvia Sardone (Italy, for), Susanna Ceccardi (Italy, for), Tom Vandendriessche (Belgium, for), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia, for)
ESN abstained (22 of 24). For: 1, Against: 1
Milan Mazurek (Slovakia, against), Sarah Knafo (France, for)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 6 amendments (2 adopted, 4 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 1 rejected). 8 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.