Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the Taliban's enforcement of Sharia law and the erasure of women and girls from public life in Afghanistan. The resolution urges the de-facto Afghan authorities to abolish a recent decree that silences women's voices in public, and calls for restoring women's full participation in public life. It also calls for reopening support systems for victims of violence, holding authorities accountable through international mechanisms, and increasing humanitarian aid.
How the vote unfolded · 20 ballots
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 amendments (3 rejected) and 9 parts of the text voted on separately (7 adopted, 2 rejected). 7 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.
Roll calls requested by Renew, PfE · split votes by ECR (2), PfE (2) · separate votes by ECR.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 20 ballots in voting order
1.Paragraph 4 — part 1 of 2Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘particularly’ and ‘the ICC investigation and’”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by PfE
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
2.Paragraph 4 — part 2 of 2Part 2: “those words”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by PfE
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
3.Vote on text inserted after paragraph 4
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
4.Separate vote on paragraph 713:07RC-B10-0024/2024 – § 7A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by ECR·A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE
Adopted
5.Separate vote on paragraph 8A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by ECR, PfE
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
6.Paragraph 8 — part 213:08RC-B10-0024/2024 – § 8/2Part 2: “those words”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by ECR, PfE·A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE
Adopted
7.Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 813:08RC-B10-0024/2024 – After § 8 – Am 2A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE
Rejected
8.Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 813:09RC-B10-0024/2024 – After § 8 – Am 3A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE
Rejected
9.Vote on text inserted after paragraph 8
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
10.Recital C — part 1 of 2Part 1: ‘whereas a recent Taliban decree, the so-called Law on Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, extends these restrictions by even requiring that female voices not be heard in public, thus further depriving Afghan women of their fundamental rights and freedoms,’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by ECR
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
11.Recital C — part 2 of 2Part 2: ‘amounting to gender apartheid;’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by ECR
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
12.Amendment 1, adding text after recital D13:09RC-B10-0024/2024 – After recital D – Am 1A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE
Rejected
13.Final vote — text as a whole13:09RC-B10-0024/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by Renew
Adopted
14.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0024/2024
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
15.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0038/2024
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
16.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0040/2024
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
17.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0045/2024
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
18.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0047/2024
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
19.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0048/2024
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
20.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0050/2024
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.
One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
The ballots
Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
Who voted how
Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
Document & procedure
Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
Group badges
How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).
Codes in ballot labels
Am 27 — amendment 27
§ 5 — paragraph 5
§ 5/2, part 2 — a A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another., taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.; *** — Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.; * — Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Lapsed — Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.