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Amendment 4 — part 1, after paragraph 4

Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts

Vote
Amendment 4 — part 1, after paragraph 4
Result
155 for · 382 against · 26 abstained Rejected · roll call
Date
21 May 2026, 13:36
More facts (6)
Position
vote 5 of 17 on the decision
Requested by
roll call: ESN · split vote: ESN
Official label
RC-B10-0247/2026 – After § 4 – Am 4/1
Vote id
193416
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Result

The vote as recorded by name.

Result: 155 for, 382 against, 26 abstained (roll call).

Rejected · 28 % of the votes cast were for.

Part voted on: “Notes that the Commission started exploratory talks with the Taliban in 2025, following a call from 19 EU Member States to coordinate a strategy for the return of Afghan nationals; notes that the Commission now plans to invite representatives of the Taliban for talks on the return of Afghans;”

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GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 0Against 38Abst. 0No vote 7 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 1Against 41Abst. 0No vote 11 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
S&DFor 1Against 104Abst. 0No vote 31 of 136Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 1Against 64Abst. 0No vote 12 of 77Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
EPPFor 1Against 130Abst. 2No vote 50 of 183Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.97
ECRFor 52Against 0Abst. 15No vote 14 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.66
PatriotsFor 64Against 0Abst. 6No vote 15 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.87
ESNFor 22Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 13Against 5Abst. 3No vote 9 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

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CountryForAgainstAbst.Bar
Belgium020
Germany040
Denmark010
Spain030
Finland030
France080
Greece010
Ireland030
Italy080
Netherlands010
Portugal020
Sweden020

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Result: for–against–abstained. For: share of the votes cast. Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call.
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DateVoteKindResultForRequested byr · shared
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European Parliament (2026). “Amendment 4 — part 1, after paragraph 4 — Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts”. Vote, 21 May 2026. votingId 193416, reference 2026/2737(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-05-21/193416 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 21 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-21/vote-results?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-vote-2026-05-21-193416,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendment 4 — part 1, after paragraph 4 — Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-05-21/193416}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/votes/2026-05-21/193416},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Vote. votingId 193416, reference 2026/2737(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: vote results of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}