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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Sven MIKSER

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 Sven MIKSER only. Show every member

Sven MIKSER’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
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needsAbstainedAgainstS&D
17 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersAbstainedAgainstS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAgainstAbstainedS&D
26 Nov 2025Recital J — part 2 Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weaponsAbstainedForS&D
26 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weaponsAgainstAbstainedS&D
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of minors onlineAbstainedForS&D
26 Nov 2025Paragraph 17 — part 1 Protection of minors onlineAbstainedForS&D
25 Nov 2025Recital M — part 2 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report)AbstainedAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Final vote Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AbstainedForS&D
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 4 — part 1 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsAbstainedAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 172, adding text after paragraph 79 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 162, adding text after paragraph 53 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 75, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 71, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 147 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital N Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 67 Public procurementAgainstForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 37 to paragraph 67 Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 35 to paragraph 66 Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 63 Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 3 to paragraph 4 Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 4 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
8 Jul 2025Motion for adjournment of the vote Preserving the memory of the victims of the post war communist period in SloveniaAbstainedForS&D
8 Jul 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 Security of energy supply in the EUForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 34 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAbstainedForS&D
22 May 2025Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 2 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023ForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 9 to paragraph 5 Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal marketAgainstForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 102 — part 3 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 22 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 20 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 186 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAbstainedS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 185 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAbstainedS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 143 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 24 to paragraph 131 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 29 to paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 19 to paragraph 74 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 69 — part 3 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 69 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 57 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 61 to paragraph 54 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 100 to paragraph 34 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 107, adding text after paragraph 17 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 106, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 104 to paragraph 13 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 7 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&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 49, adding text after paragraph 5 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize MON 95275AgainstForS&D
12 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP910521AgainstForS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 26 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2025Amendments 4 + 7 (voted as one) to paragraph 19 Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in BelarusForAgainstS&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
Sven MIKSER , S&D · Estonia 2.0 %2 8232032438

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 · Sven MIKSER”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=197497&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 · Sven MIKSER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=197497&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=197497&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}
}