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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Dragoş BENEA

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
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Dragoş BENEA’s votes against the line, 111

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 2025Final vote — text as a whole Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative processAbstainedAgainstS&D
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 90 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AgainstForS&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 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
26 Nov 2025Amendment 33 to Article 1 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersForAgainstS&D
26 Nov 2025Amendment 32 to Article 1 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 16 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Referral back to committee Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Final vote Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 265 to recital 28 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 219 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendments 207 + 266 + 348 (voted as one) to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 274 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 196 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendments 194 + 273 (voted as one) to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 270 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 82 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 81 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 167 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 165 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForS&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 148 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForS&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
11 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAbstainedForS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 26, adding text after recital H Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAgainstForS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 17 to paragraph 24 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 13 to paragraph 20 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 10 to paragraph 15 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 50, adding text after paragraph 3 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAbstainedForS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 49, 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 solutionAgainstForS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 48, 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 solutionAgainstForS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 47, 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 solutionAgainstForS&D
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 solutionAgainstForS&D
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 solutionAgainstForS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 44, 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 solutionAgainstForS&D
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 solutionAgainstForS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 42, 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 solutionAgainstForS&D
Show all 111 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
11 Sept 2025Amendment 40, 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 solutionAgainstForS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 37, 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 solutionAgainstForS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 36, 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 solutionAgainstForS&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 solutionAgainstAbstainedS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 30, 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 solutionAgainstForS&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 solutionAgainstAbstainedS&D
11 Sept 2025Amendment 27, 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 solutionAgainstForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 396 to Article 2, paragraph 6, partie introductive Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehiclesForAgainstS&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
17 Jun 2025Final vote Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AbstainedForS&D
17 Jun 2025Amendment 184 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForS&D
22 May 2025Amendment 29, adding text after recital F Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023ForAgainstS&D
22 May 2025Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 2 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023ForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 25 Banking Union – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
8 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 17 Banking Union – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 Competition policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Final vote CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AgainstForS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital 5 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 1, adding text after recital 5 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 8 to recital 5 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 18 to recital 5 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 7 to recital 4 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 6 to recital 3 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 17 to recital 3 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 16 to recital 3 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 5 to recital 2 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 15 to recital 2 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 14, adding text after recital 1 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 13, adding text after recital 1 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 12, adding text after recital 1 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 23 to Article 1, paragraph 1, après le point 3 Règlement (UE) 2019/631 Article 15, paragraph 1 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 11 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 3 Règlement (UE) 2019/631 Article 8 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 22 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 3 Règlement (UE) 2019/631 Article 8 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 21 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 3 Règlement (UE) 2019/631 Article 8 CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 10 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 2 Règlement (UE) 2019/631 Article 6, paragraph 2, alinéa 1 bis CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendments 9 + 20 (voted as one) to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1 Règlement (UE) 2019/631 Article 4, paragraph 1 bis CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendments 3 + 19 (voted as one) to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1 Règlement (UE) 2019/631 Article 1, paragraph 5 bis CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Violations of religious freedom in TibetAgainstForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 8 to paragraph 27 2023 and 2024 reports on KosovoAbstainedAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 37 A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAbstainedAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 6 to paragraph 10 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 10 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAgainstForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 152 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAbstainedAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Request for urgent procedure Final vote Amending of the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term reviewForAgainstS&D
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023ForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Recital H — part 1 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 78, adding text after paragraph 74 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 19 to paragraph 74 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 12, adding text after paragraph 56 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 107, adding text after paragraph 17 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 15 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 5 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 35 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025AgainstForS&D
12 Feb 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Genetically modified maize MON 95275AbstainedAgainstS&D
12 Feb 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Genetically modified maize DP910521AbstainedAgainstS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 27 to paragraph 26 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
11 Feb 2025Separate vote on paragraph 25 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
23 Jan 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 7 Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025AbstainedForS&D

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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
Dragoş BENEA , S&D · Romania 6.5 %1 7116049298

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 · Dragoş BENEA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=197658&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 · Dragoş BENEA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=197658&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=197658&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}
}