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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS

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 Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS only. Show every member

Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS’s votes against the line, 96

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 LithuaniaForAgainstGreens
18 Dec 2025Paragraph 11 — part 2 Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaForAgainstGreens
18 Dec 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaForAgainstGreens
17 Dec 2025Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union levelAbstainedAgainstGreens
17 Dec 2025Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Application of the ‘safe third country’ conceptAbstainedAgainstGreens
16 Dec 2025Amendment 67 to Article 14 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsAgainstForGreens
27 Nov 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAgainstForGreens
27 Nov 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAbstainedForGreens
27 Nov 2025Amendment 168 to Article 10, paragraph 2 Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representationAbstainedAgainstGreens
26 Nov 2025Amendment 5 to paragraph 20 Protection of minors onlineForAgainstGreens
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Impact of artificial intelligence on the financial sectorAbstainedAgainstGreens
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimesForAgainstGreens
24 Nov 2025Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group — Gaza Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – GazaAbstainedForGreens
13 Nov 2025Recital G — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForGreens
13 Nov 2025Amendment 87, adding text after recital 7 Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstAbstainedGreens
13 Nov 2025Amendment 85 to recital 6 Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstAbstainedGreens
13 Nov 2025Amendment 83, adding text after recital 1 Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstForGreens
13 Nov 2025Amendment 82, adding text after recital 1 Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstForGreens
13 Nov 2025Amendment 102 to Article 72 Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstAbstainedGreens
13 Nov 2025Amendment 101 to Article 47 Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstAbstainedGreens
13 Nov 2025Amendment 93, adding text after Article 45 Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstAbstainedGreens
13 Nov 2025Amendment 83 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForGreens
13 Nov 2025Amendment 35 to Article 2 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForGreens
23 Oct 2025Amendment 7 to recital K Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedAgainstGreens
23 Oct 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 23 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedAgainstGreens
23 Oct 2025Amendment 9 to paragraph 21 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedAgainstGreens
23 Oct 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 12 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAgainstGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 155, adding text after paragraph 86 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 160, adding text after paragraph 84 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 159, adding text after paragraph 82 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstAbstainedGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 104 to paragraph 58 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 57 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 161, adding text after paragraph 56 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 129 to paragraph 54 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 162, adding text after paragraph 53 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstGreens
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 53 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 36 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 26 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAbstainedGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 123, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 72, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 71, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForGreens
22 Oct 2025Amendment 376 Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstAbstainedGreens
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAbstainedForGreens
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 29 EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAbstainedAgainstGreens
8 Oct 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 11 EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAbstainedAgainstGreens
7 Oct 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Revision of the Visa Suspension MechanismForAgainstGreens
10 Sept 2025Amendment 4, adding text after recital F Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceForAbstainedGreens
10 Sept 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term reviewForAgainstGreens
10 Sept 2025Proposal to vote on amendments Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term reviewAgainstForGreens
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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
10 Sept 2025Amendments 79 + 81 (voted as one) Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term reviewAgainstForGreens
9 Sept 2025Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 65 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineForAgainstGreens
9 Sept 2025Amendment 318 to Article 55, après le paragraph 2 Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehiclesForAgainstGreens
8 Jul 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 34 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstGreens
8 Jul 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399ForAbstainedGreens
19 Jun 2025Amendment 24 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAbstainedAgainstGreens
18 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 52 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAgainstForGreens
22 May 2025Amendment 29, adding text after recital F Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AgainstForGreens
22 May 2025Final vote Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation as regards securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratioForAgainstGreens
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole The European Water Resilience StrategyAgainstAbstainedGreens
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
7 May 2025Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 72 A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAbstainedAgainstGreens
7 May 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 72 A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAbstainedAgainstGreens
7 May 2025Amendment 35 to paragraph 142 Discharge 2023: AgenciesAbstainedAgainstGreens
7 May 2025Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 143 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAbstainedGreens
7 May 2025Amendment 24 to paragraph 131 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstGreens
7 May 2025Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 46 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstAbstainedGreens
5 May 2025Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group — Cyprus (resolution) Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group – Cyprus (resolution)AbstainedAgainstGreens
3 Apr 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 39 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentAgainstForGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 91 to paragraph 45 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstGreens
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 149 to paragraph 151 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstGreens
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 69 to paragraph 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 21, adding text after recital L Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 16 to paragraph 45 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 9 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 74, adding text after paragraph 36 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 19 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 30 to paragraph 12 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstGreens
2 Apr 2025Amendment 29 to paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstGreens
1 Apr 2025Amendment 19 to Article 2, paragraph 1 — part 2 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptForAgainstGreens
1 Apr 2025Amendment 17 — part 2 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 2025Amendment 25, adding text after recital J White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForGreens
12 Mar 2025Amendment 106, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstGreens
12 Mar 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025AbstainedForGreens
12 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize MON 95275AbstainedForGreens
12 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital M Genetically modified maize MON 95275AbstainedForGreens
12 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP910521AbstainedForGreens
12 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital V Genetically modified maize DP910521AbstainedForGreens
23 Jan 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 14 Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against UkraineForAgainstGreens
22 Jan 2025Amendments 4 + 7 (voted as one) to paragraph 19 Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in BelarusAbstainedAgainstGreens

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
Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS , Greens · Lithuania 3.5 %2 7063646140

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 · Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=201945&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 · Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=201945&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=201945&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}
}