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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Dan NICA

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 votes293All roll calls2 891
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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Dan NICA’s votes against the line, 81

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
16 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
16 Dec 2025Amendments 64 + 88 (voted as one), adding text after Article 12 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsForAgainstS&D
16 Dec 2025Amendments 36 + 87 (voted as one) to Article 11 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsForAgainstS&D
16 Dec 2025Amendment 80 to Article 9 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsForAgainstS&D
16 Dec 2025Amendments 21 + 82 (voted as one) to Article 2 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsForAgainstS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 16, adding text after recital F Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAbstainedForS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 8, adding text after recital B Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAgainstAbstainedS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 7, adding text after recital B Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAgainstAbstainedS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendments 2 + 20 (voted as one), adding text after paragraph 26 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAbstainedForS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAbstainedForS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAbstainedForS&D
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western SaharaAbstainedForS&D
26 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western SaharaAbstainedAgainstS&D
26 Nov 2025Recital J — part 2 Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weaponsAbstainedForS&D
26 Nov 2025Amendments 64 + 129 (voted as one) to Article 1 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersForAgainstS&D
26 Nov 2025Amendments 63 + 128 (voted as one) to Article 1 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersForAgainstS&D
26 Nov 2025Amendments 62 + 123 (voted as one) to Article 1 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersForAgainstS&D
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize DAS1131AbstainedForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 94 to paragraph 52 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForS&D
22 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 35 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForS&D
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 27 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForS&D
21 Oct 2025Referral back to committee Standing Forest and Forestry Expert GroupForAgainstS&D
21 Oct 2025Final vote Standing Forest and Forestry Expert GroupForAgainstS&D
21 Oct 2025Amendment 19, adding text after citation 4 Standing Forest and Forestry Expert GroupAgainstForS&D
21 Oct 2025Amendment 22 to Article 1 Standing Forest and Forestry Expert GroupAgainstForS&D
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 27 — part 3 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureForAgainstS&D
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 27 — part 2 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureForAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 133 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 23 to Article 1 — part 4 Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penaltiesForAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 24 Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penaltiesForAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 21 Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penaltiesForAgainstS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2025Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 34 EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 (Resolution)AbstainedForS&D
18 Jun 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 6 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaForAgainstS&D
18 Jun 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 4 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaForAgainstS&D
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAgainstForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 7 to paragraph 74 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAbstainedForS&D
5 May 2025Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the Renew Group — TikTok Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – TikTokForAbstainedS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 119, adding text after paragraph 24 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 84, adding text after paragraph 24 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 74 to paragraph 10 — part 1 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 70, adding text after paragraph 4 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 65 — part 2 of 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 65 — part 1 of 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 24, adding text after recital L Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 37 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 29 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 29 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 106, adding text after paragraph 28 — part 1 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
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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
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 4 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 3 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 18 to paragraph 28 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 30 to paragraph 8 — part 1 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 4, indent 7 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 27 to Article 6, paragraph 1, after point e Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movementAbstainedAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 8 Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movementAbstainedForS&D
1 Apr 2025Amendment 33, adding text after recital 28 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedForS&D
1 Apr 2025Amendment 29, adding text after recital 6 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedForS&D
1 Apr 2025Amendment 37 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point b Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedForS&D
1 Apr 2025Amendment 36 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point a Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedForS&D
1 Apr 2025Amendment 32 to Article 3, paragraph 2 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedForS&D
1 Apr 2025Amendment 30 to Article 1, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedForS&D
1 Apr 2025Amendment 34 to Article 1, paragraph 1 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 19 to paragraph 74 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 76 to paragraph 71 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 76 to paragraph 71 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 68 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 68 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 56 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 61 to paragraph 54 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 32 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 32 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 107, adding text after paragraph 17 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 5 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 25 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 10 — part 1 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025AgainstForS&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
Dan NICA , S&D · Romania 4.6 %1 7705721334

About these figures

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

  • 2 891 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 78 of 371 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 · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Dan NICA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=124784&to=2025-12-31 (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 · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Dan NICA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=124784&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=124784&to=2025-12-31},
  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}
}