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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Thomas WAITZ

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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Thomas WAITZ’s votes against the line, 42

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 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 penaltiesAbstainedForGreens
16 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe PlanAbstainedForGreens
27 Nov 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 1 EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineAbstainedAgainstGreens
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 255 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForGreens
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 252 — part 6 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForGreens
26 Nov 2025Amendments 60 + 91 + 132 (voted as one) to Annex II; Annex III – introductory part Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersAbstainedAgainstGreens
24 Nov 2025Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group — Gaza Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – GazaAbstainedForGreens
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 32 — part 2 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAbstainedForGreens
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 9 — part 3 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAbstainedForGreens
8 Oct 2025Final vote Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForGreens
11 Sept 2025Amendment 46, 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 solutionAgainstForGreens
11 Sept 2025Amendment 45, 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 solutionAbstainedForGreens
11 Sept 2025Amendment 43, 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 solutionAbstainedForGreens
11 Sept 2025Amendment 38, 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 solutionAbstainedForGreens
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 solutionAbstainedForGreens
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 civiliansAbstainedForGreens
9 Jul 2025Separate vote on paragraph 18 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 civiliansAbstainedForGreens
8 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Security of energy supply in the EUAgainstForGreens
8 Jul 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 28 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstGreens
8 Jul 2025Paragraph 28 — part 1 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForGreens
19 Jun 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 6 Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliForAgainstGreens
22 May 2025Final vote Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2026-2027 complementing Horizon EuropeForAgainstGreens
22 May 2025Amendment 5, adding text after recital 11 Granting equivalence to Moldova and Ukraine for field inspections and seed productionAbstainedAgainstGreens
22 May 2025Amendment 4, adding text after recital 11 Granting equivalence to Moldova and Ukraine for field inspections and seed productionAbstainedAgainstGreens
7 May 2025Amendment 6 to paragraph 1 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAgainstForGreens
7 May 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 55 The European Water Resilience StrategyForAgainstGreens
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldForAbstainedGreens
3 Apr 2025Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishing an EU talent poolAbstainedForGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 12 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024AgainstForGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 74 to paragraph 10 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 24, adding text after recital L Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 51 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 29 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 145 to paragraph 4, indent 7 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 12 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstGreens
1 Apr 2025Final vote Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedAgainstGreens
12 Mar 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 25 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaAbstainedForGreens
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForGreens
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 19 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForGreens
12 Mar 2025Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstGreens
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 6 — part 4 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedForGreens

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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
Thomas WAITZ , Greens · Austria 1.6 %2 5671229129

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 · Thomas WAITZ”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=190464&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 · Thomas WAITZ}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=190464&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=190464&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}
}