Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Finland · Elsi KATAINEN
Which members voted against their group’s clear line, how often compared with the votes where the group had one, and did they vote with their national party when they did?
Showing Elsi KATAINEN only. Show every member
Elsi KATAINEN’s votes against the line, 117
Every vote in the selection where the member’s position differed from their group’s clear line, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Position | Clear line | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 60 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions | Against | For | Renew |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Amendment 3 to paragraph 55 Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee | For | Against | Renew |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Amendment 35 to Article 3, paragraph 4 Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund | Against | For | Renew |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Amendment 39 — part 2 Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund | Against | For | Renew |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Amendment 70 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 17; Regulation (EU) 2023/956 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures | Against | For | Renew |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Amendment 5 to Article 3, paragraph 1, point a, after point 1 Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Amendment 1, adding text after recital N Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland | For | Against | Renew |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Amendment 7 to paragraph 6 Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines | For | Against | Renew |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Proposal to vote on amendments Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) | Against | For | Renew |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 21 European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities funded | Against | For | Renew |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 20 European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities funded | Against | For | Renew |
| 21 May 2026 | Paragraph 18 — part 2 The need to reduce work-related fatalities | Against | For | Renew |
| 21 May 2026 | Separate vote on recital AH Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 21 May 2026 | Paragraph 56 — part 1 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward | Against | For | Renew |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendment 43 to paragraph 56 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward | For | Against | Renew |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Recital I — part 2 The need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment | Against | For | Renew |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 20 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor | For | Against | Renew |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 1 to recital C Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union | For | Against | Renew |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 3 to paragraph 41 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union | For | Against | Renew |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 2 to paragraph 5 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union | Abstained | Against | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement | Against | For | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Amendment 5 to paragraph 40 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III | For | Against | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Amendment 4 to paragraph 40 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III | For | Against | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | Against | For | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Amendment 1, adding text after Recital O Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | For | Against | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 126 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | Against | For | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 125 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | Against | For | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 124 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | Against | For | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 123 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | Against | For | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 120 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | Against | For | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 116 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | Against | For | Renew |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 36 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | For | Against | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 | For | Against | Renew |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Paragraph 17 — part 3 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 | Against | For | Renew |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Paragraph 17 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 | Against | For | Renew |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Paragraph 17 — part 1 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 | Against | For | Renew |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 3 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 | Against | For | Renew |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Amendment 61 to paragraph 53 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing | For | Against | Renew |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Paragraph 22 — part 4 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing | Against | For | Renew |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Paragraph 16 — part 4 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing | Against | For | Renew |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Paragraph 16 — part 3 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing | Against | For | Renew |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Paragraph 3 — part 1 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing | Against | For | Renew |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Paragraph 19 — part 1 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Paragraph 8 — part 1 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 47 Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Paragraph 22 — part 2 Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy | Against | For | Renew |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Paragraph 49 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025 | Against | For | Renew |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies | Abstained | For | Renew |
Show all 117 votes
| Date | Vote | Position | Clear line | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2026 | Amendment 163 Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest | Against | For | Renew |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Amendment 162 Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest | Against | For | Renew |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Amendment 159 Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest | Against | For | Renew |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Amendment 158 Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest | Against | For | Renew |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Paragraph 2 — part 1 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ | Against | For | Renew |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Amendment 16, adding text after recital F Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Amendment 1 to paragraph 87 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 | For | Against | Renew |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Separate vote on paragraph 26 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 | Against | For | Renew |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Amendments 109 + 23 (voted as one) to recital 14 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders | For | Against | Renew |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Amendments 28 + 90 + 131 (voted as one) to Article 1 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders | For | Against | Renew |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Amendments 62 + 123 (voted as one) to Article 1 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders | For | Against | Renew |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Separate vote on citation 11 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report) | Against | For | Renew |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Separate vote on citation 10 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report) | Against | For | Renew |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Paragraph 9 — part 2 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report) | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Paragraph 8 — part 2 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report) | Against | For | Renew |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Decision to maintain the action Final vote Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposal | Against | For | Renew |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Final vote Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Amendment 10 to paragraph 23 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit | For | Against | Renew |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Against | For | Renew |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Separate vote on paragraph 12 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Against | For | Renew |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Separate vote on paragraph 10 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Against | For | Renew |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 4 — part 5 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations | Against | For | Renew |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Separate vote on paragraph 17 Second World Summit for Social Development | Against | For | Renew |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 13 — part 2 Second World Summit for Social Development | Against | For | Renew |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Amendment 2 to paragraph 9 Second World Summit for Social Development | For | Against | Renew |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 4 — part 3 Second World Summit for Social Development | Against | For | Renew |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 4 — part 2 Second World Summit for Social Development | Against | For | Renew |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Paragraph 1 — part 2 Second World Summit for Social Development | Against | For | Renew |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 5 Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes | For | Against | Renew |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Separate vote on paragraph 4 Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure | Against | For | Renew |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Amendment 133 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain | Against | For | Renew |
| 11 Sept 2025 | Amendment 10 to paragraph 15 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution | For | Against | Renew |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Amendment 13 to paragraph 62 Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy | Against | For | Renew |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Amendment 388 to Article 18, paragraph 1 Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles | For | Against | Renew |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 20 The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians | For | Against | Renew |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Recital G — part 2 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility | Against | For | Renew |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Paragraph 19 — part 4 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility | Against | For | Renew |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Paragraph 19 — part 3 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility | Against | For | Renew |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Separate vote on paragraph 53 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 7 May 2025 | Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye | For | Against | Renew |
| 7 May 2025 | Recital O — part 2 The European Water Resilience Strategy | Against | For | Renew |
| 7 May 2025 | Paragraph 9 — part 2 The European Water Resilience Strategy | Against | For | Renew |
| 3 Apr 2025 | Amendment 8, adding text after recital B Energy-intensive industries | For | Against | Renew |
| 3 Apr 2025 | Amendment 1, adding text after recital C Execution spree in Iran and the confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani | For | Abstained | Renew |
| 3 Apr 2025 | Amendment 2 to paragraph 8 Execution spree in Iran and the confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani | Against | For | Renew |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Amendment 122 to paragraph 118 — part 1 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 | For | Against | Renew |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Amendment 119, adding text after paragraph 24 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 | For | Against | Renew |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Amendment 9 to paragraph 97, indent 3 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024 | For | Against | Renew |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 35 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024 | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Amendment 30 to paragraph 12 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III | For | Against | Renew |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Amendment 29 to paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III | For | Against | Renew |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Paragraph 5 — part 5 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights | Against | For | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Paragraph 73 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defence | Against | For | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Amendment 106, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defence | For | Against | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Paragraph 31 — part 4 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Paragraph 31 — part 3 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 | Against | For | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Paragraph 24 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 | Against | For | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Paragraph 19 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 | Against | For | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Paragraph 17 — part 3 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 | Against | For | Renew |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Paragraph 7 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 83 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) | Abstained | Against | Renew |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Amendment 10 — part 2 Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States | Abstained | For | Renew |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections | Against | For | Renew |
| 18 Sept 2024 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole | Against | For | Renew |
| 18 Sept 2024 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl | Against | For | Renew |
By member, 1
Members with at least one vote where their group had a clear line. Order: by rate, for members with at least 300 clear-line votes (the rest follow by name) — not a ranking.
| Member | Against the line | Clear-line votes | Opposite | Abstained | Other | With own party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsi KATAINEN , Renew · Finland | 2.1 % | 5 635 | 96 | 20 | 1 | 75 |
About these figures
What was counted, what was left out, and how.
- 5 928 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
- 174 of 794 decisions in the period had no final vote recorded by name (a show of hands or a count without names) and cannot be measured.
- A vote counts against the group’s line when the group’s clear line — at least two thirds of its votes cast, with at least 10 members voting — was different from the member’s position; a divided group has no line to vote against (method). This is a different rule from group loyalty, which uses the majority line (loyalty).
- Ordered by rate, only members with at least 300 votes where their group had a clear line are compared; fewer votes make a rate unstable, and below 50 the figure is shown as a count.
- Each member is counted in the group they belonged to on the day of the vote (group at the date).
- Roll calls are not a random sample: final votes on laws are recorded by name, most other roll calls because a group asked for it. A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes; the Parliament publishes no whip.
- Methods: Voted against the group’s clear line v1, Voted with the group’s majority line v1, Final votes and all roll calls v1, Group at the date of the vote v1.
- Data as of 25 Sept 2026, 03:36 UTC (data stamp f37e5638cded, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Permalink
- https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?country=FI&mep=191693&to=2026-09-25
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Finland · Elsi KATAINEN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?country=FI&mep=191693&to=2026-09-25 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-analysis-2026-09-25,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Finland · Elsi KATAINEN}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?country=FI&mep=191693&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?country=FI&mep=191693&to=2026-09-25},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}