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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Kristian VIGENIN

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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Kristian VIGENIN’s votes against the line, 33

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
18 Dec 2024Final vote — text as a whole Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committeesAgainstForS&D
17 Dec 2024Amendment 4 to paragraph 12 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023ForAgainstS&D
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 RussiaAgainstForS&D
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 RussiaAgainstForS&D
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 RussiaAgainstForS&D
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 RussiaAbstainedForS&D
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 RussiaAgainstForS&D
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 RussiaAgainstForS&D
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 RussiaAgainstForS&D
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 RussiaAgainstForS&D
28 Nov 2024Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaForAgainstS&D
27 Nov 2024Election election of the commission Final vote Election of the CommissionAgainstForS&D
23 Oct 2024Amendment 75, adding text after paragraph 90 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2024Amendment 74, adding text after paragraph 90 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 61 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2024Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2024Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2024Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 13 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2024Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 4 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2024Final vote Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to UkraineAbstainedForS&D
9 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForS&D
9 Oct 2024Paragraph 22 — part 2 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForS&D
9 Oct 2024Paragraph 2 — part 2 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForS&D
9 Oct 2024Paragraph 1 — part 2 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForS&D
9 Oct 2024Paragraph 1 — part 1 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForS&D
9 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForS&D
9 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 5 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForS&D
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 7 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForS&D
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 6 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForS&D
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 5 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForS&D
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 3 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForS&D
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 1 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForS&D
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE GroupAbstainedAgainstS&D

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
Kristian VIGENIN , S&D · Bulgaria 12.0 %2762013025

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 28 Sept 2026, 03:25 UTC (data stamp 5a7357168c2a, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=34232&to=2024-12-31
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data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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 · Kristian VIGENIN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=34232&to=2024-12-31 (retrieved 28 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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-2026-09-28,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Kristian VIGENIN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=34232&to=2024-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=34232&to=2024-12-31},
  urldate = {2026-09-28},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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}
}