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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Brando BENIFEI

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

Showing Brando BENIFEI only. Show every member

Brando BENIFEI’s votes against the line, 56

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 2025Separate vote on recital H Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaAgainstForS&D
18 Dec 2025Paragraph 11 — part 2 Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaAgainstForS&D
18 Dec 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaAgainstForS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 1 EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineForAgainstS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 1 EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineForAgainstS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 7, adding text after recital B Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanForAbstainedS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 96, adding text after paragraph 57 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 48, adding text after paragraph 26 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 44, adding text before paragraph 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 391 Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 362 Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 390 Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
9 Oct 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 1 — part 1 Declaration of principles for a gender-equal societyForAgainstS&D
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 32 — part 2 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAgainstForS&D
9 Oct 2025Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 6 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024ForAgainstS&D
9 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 5 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024AgainstForS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 14 EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAbstainedAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 145 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 132 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 10 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 31, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAbstainedS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAbstainedS&D
10 Jul 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital S Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitivenessAbstainedAgainstS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 24 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 civiliansAgainstForS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 12, 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 civiliansForAgainstS&D
9 Jul 2025Separate vote on paragraph 28 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstForS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 33 Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU importsForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 41 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 28 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2025Paragraph 28 — part 1 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 28 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 3 Competition policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 2 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 96 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 9 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 82, adding text after paragraph 22 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 81, adding text after paragraph 17 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 10 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 4 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 77, adding text after paragraph 74 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 68 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 108 to paragraph 68 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 15 — part 3 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 7 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 46 to paragraph 4 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 15 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 35 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025ForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 23 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025AbstainedAgainstS&D
Show all 56 votes
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
12 Mar 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 21 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025ForAbstainedS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 21 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025AbstainedAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025ForAbstainedS&D
13 Feb 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 9 Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particularForAgainstS&D
23 Jan 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 7 Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025AbstainedForS&D
23 Jan 2025Paragraph 14 — part 2 Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against UkraineAgainstForS&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
Brando BENIFEI , S&D · Italy 2.6 %2 129429536

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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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=124867&to=2025-12-31
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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 · Brando BENIFEI”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=124867&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 · Brando BENIFEI}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=124867&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=124867&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}
}