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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Reinhold LOPATKA

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?

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Period Term202420252026Last 6 months
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Votes Final votes66All roll calls516
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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Reinhold LOPATKA’s votes against the line, 47

Every vote in the selection where the member’s position differed from their group’s clear line, newest first.

Position: the member’s vote. Clear line: the position of at least two thirds of Group (at least 10 members voting), the group they sat in on that day.
DateVotePositionClear lineGroup
17 Dec 2024Amendment 3 to paragraph 27 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023AbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Amendment 18 to paragraph 7 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsForAgainstEPP
28 Nov 2024Amendment 21 to paragraph 6 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsAbstainedAgainstEPP
28 Nov 2024Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 1 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsAbstainedAgainstEPP
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 19 — part 4 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 19 — part 3 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 19 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 19 — part 1 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 16 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Amendment 12 to paragraph 14 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 13 — part 5 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 13 — part 4 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 13 — part 3 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 13 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 13 — part 1 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 5 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Draft amending budget No 5/2024: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updatesAbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Paragraph 16 — part 2 EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against RussiaAbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)AbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 3, adding text after recital F UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)AbstainedAgainstEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 48 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)AbstainedAgainstEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 12 to paragraph 41 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)AbstainedAgainstEPP
24 Oct 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 17 People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around TaiwanForAgainstEPP
24 Oct 2024Amendment 1 to paragraph 10 Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with ArmeniaForAgainstEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 6 The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate changeAbstainedAgainstEPP
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 25 to citation 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 11 to recital P Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Recital M — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 19 — part 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 19 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 15 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 2 to paragraph 14 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 11 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 9 — part 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 9 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 9 — part 1 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 8 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 7 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 5 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 2 — part 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 2 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 5 to paragraph 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesForAgainstEPP
17 Jul 2024Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 8 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineForAgainstEPP
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 4 — part 3 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForEPP
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 4 — part 1 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForEPP

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.

Against the line: votes against the group’s clear line ÷ clear-line votes (votes where the member’s group at the date had a clear line and the member voted); a count below 50. Of the votes against: opposite (for ↔ against), abstained against the line, other (for or against when the line was to abstain), and with own party — with the majority of their national party’s members in the group (at least two voting).
MemberAgainst the lineClear-line votesOppositeAbstainedOtherWith own party
Reinhold LOPATKA , EPP · Austria 15.4 %306542040

About these figures

What was counted, what was left out, and how.

  • 516 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 15 of 81 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 29 Sept 2026, 03:29 UTC (data stamp 2b7a29b98b0d, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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
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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Reinhold LOPATKA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=220896&to=2024-12-31 (retrieved 29 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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.
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@misc{epw-analysis-2026-09-29,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Reinhold LOPATKA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=220896&to=2024-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=220896&to=2024-12-31},
  urldate = {2026-09-29},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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}
}