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. It denounces the Taliban's adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts and urges its immediate revocation and cessation of implementation. Parliament adopted the text as its official position, urging the EU and member states to support accountability efforts, including ICC investigations and sanctions. 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.
How the vote unfolded · 17 ballots
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.
Roll calls requested by The Left, S&D, Renew, PfE, ESN · split votes by ESN.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 17 ballots in voting order
1.Separate vote on paragraph 2
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
2.Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 213:33RC-B10-0247/2026 – After § 2 – Am 1A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE, The Left
Rejected
3.Separate vote on paragraph 4
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
4.Amendment 5 to paragraph 413:33RC-B10-0247/2026 – § 4 – Am 5A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by S&D, PfE, Renew
Adopted
5.Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 — part 113:36RC-B10-0247/2026 – After § 4 – Am 4/1Part 1: ‘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;’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by ESN·A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by ESN
Rejected
6.Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 — part 213:36RC-B10-0247/2026 – After § 4 – Am 4/2Part 2: ‘calls for the EU to engage with the Taliban de facto authorities solely in order to elaborate diplomatic and technical solutions for the structured and safe return of Afghans and to assist EU Member States in their talks with Taliban representatives so as to facilitate the return of foreign nationals who pose a security threat;’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by ESN·A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by ESN
Rejected
7.Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 413:36RC-B10-0247/2026 – After § 4 – Am 2A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Rejected
8.Amendment 3 to paragraph 713:36RC-B10-0247/2026 – § 7 – Am 3A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by The Left
Adopted
9.Final vote — text as a whole13:36RC-B10-0247/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by Renew
Adopted
10.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0246/2026
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.
11.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0247/2026
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.
12.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0249/2026
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.
13.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0251/2026
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.
14.Alternative motion for a resolutionB10-0252/2026
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 resolutionB10-0254/2026
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 resolutionB10-0255/2026
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 resolutionB10-0258/2026
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.