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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Martin SCHIRDEWAN

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 Martin SCHIRDEWAN only. Show every member

Martin SCHIRDEWAN’s votes against the line, 44

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 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
17 Dec 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU/Jordan Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: terms and conditions for the participation of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)AgainstForThe Left
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 5 — part 2 EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineAbstainedAgainstThe Left
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of minors onlineAbstainedForThe Left
26 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 1, point g EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the ArcticAbstainedAgainstThe Left
26 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 1, point e EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the ArcticAbstainedAgainstThe Left
26 Nov 2025Final vote Collection of statistical information by the European Central BankAbstainedForThe Left
26 Nov 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirementsAgainstAbstainedThe Left
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 3/2025: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updatesAbstainedForThe Left
13 Nov 2025Amendment 167 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForThe Left
13 Nov 2025Amendment 263 to Article 3 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstThe Left
13 Nov 2025Amendment 68 to Article 1 Framework for achieving climate neutralityForAgainstThe Left
22 Oct 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 1 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedForThe Left
11 Sept 2025Separate vote on paragraph 19 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAbstainedForThe Left
11 Sept 2025Amendment 35, 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 solutionAbstainedForThe Left
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 solutionAbstainedForThe Left
10 Sept 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Switzerland Cooperation Agreement: European Satellite Navigation ProgrammesAbstainedForThe Left
9 Sept 2025Amendment 47 to paragraph 67 Public procurementAbstainedForThe Left
9 Jul 2025Amendments 3 + 14 (voted as one) to paragraph 8 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaAgainstForThe Left
9 Jul 2025Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAbstainedForThe Left
8 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 (Resolution)AbstainedForThe Left
8 Jul 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030AbstainedForThe Left
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForThe Left
19 Jun 2025Amendment 3 to recital G Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliForAgainstThe Left
18 Jun 2025Recital G — part 2 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAbstainedForThe Left
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 19 — part 4 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAbstainedForThe Left
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAbstainedForThe Left
8 May 2025Paragraph 44 — part 2 Banking Union – annual report 2024AbstainedForThe Left
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on SerbiaForAbstainedThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 37 A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAbstainedAgainstThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 23 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedAgainstThe Left
3 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAbstainedThe Left
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 2024AbstainedForThe Left
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 48 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstThe Left
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 45 — part 3 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstThe Left
2 Apr 2025Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 28 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForThe Left
2 Apr 2025Amendment 18 to paragraph 28 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAbstainedThe Left
2 Apr 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 4 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedForThe Left
1 Apr 2025Amendment 38 to recital 6 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedAgainstThe Left
13 Feb 2025Paragraph 4 — part 1 Further deterioration of the political situation in GeorgiaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
13 Feb 2025Separate vote on paragraph 3 Further deterioration of the political situation in GeorgiaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
11 Feb 2025Paragraph 27 — part 2 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForThe Left
11 Feb 2025Paragraph 27 — part 1 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAbstainedThe Left
11 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 26 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForThe Left

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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
Martin SCHIRDEWAN , The Left · Germany 1.7 %2 51673257

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 · Martin SCHIRDEWAN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=190517&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 · Martin SCHIRDEWAN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=190517&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=190517&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}
}