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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Dirk GOTINK

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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Dirk GOTINK’s votes against the line, 26

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
19 Dec 2024Paragraph 1, point al — part 1 Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedForEPP
19 Dec 2024Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rightsForAgainstEPP
18 Dec 2024Amendment 5 to paragraph 1, after point d Setting up a Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of officeForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 19 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023ForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2024Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 12 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023AbstainedAgainstEPP
28 Nov 2024Recital R — part 2 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 1 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsAgainstForEPP
14 Nov 2024Paragraph 72 — part 2 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)ForAgainstEPP
14 Nov 2024Paragraph 66 — part 2 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)ForAgainstEPP
24 Oct 2024Paragraph 10 — part 2 Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with ArmeniaAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 74, adding text after paragraph 90 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 3 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 72, adding text after paragraph 87 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 75 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 57 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2024Paragraph 4 — part 2 Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agenciesAbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 6 Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023AbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 8 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2024Amendment 1 to paragraph 7 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationForAbstainedEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 1 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 changeAgainstForEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 10, adding text after recital H Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesForAgainstEPP
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 9 — part 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAgainstForEPP
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 4 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForEPP
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 1 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForEPP

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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
Dirk GOTINK , EPP · Netherlands 5.6 %464131210

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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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 · Dirk GOTINK”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=97399&to=2024-12-31 (retrieved 29 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-2026-09-29,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Dirk GOTINK}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=97399&to=2024-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=97399&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 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}
}