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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Matthias ECKE

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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Matthias ECKE’s votes against the line, 51

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 2025Proposal to vote on amendments Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForS&D
25 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 2 Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAgainstForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 23 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsForAgainstS&D
9 Oct 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 9 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentForAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 – GermanyAgainstForS&D
8 Oct 2025Final vote 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 penaltiesAgainstForS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 84 to Annex I 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 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 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 solutionAbstainedForS&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 solutionAbstainedForS&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 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
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policyAgainstForS&D
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 reviewAbstainedForS&D
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 reviewAbstainedAgainstS&D
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 reviewAbstainedAgainstS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 66 Public procurementForAgainstS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 387 to Article 7, après le paragraph 4 Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehiclesForAgainstS&D
10 Jul 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictionsForAbstainedS&D
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 civiliansAgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2025Amendment 8 to paragraph 15 Security of energy supply in the EUForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 9 to paragraph 8 Clean Industrial DealForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 6 Clean Industrial DealForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 286 to Article 4, after paragraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 55 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 3 to recital G Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliAbstainedAgainstS&D
18 Jun 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 10 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaAbstainedAgainstS&D
18 Jun 2025Recital E — part 2 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAgainstForS&D
18 Jun 2025Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 55 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Paragraph 30 — part 2 Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal marketAgainstForS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 16 to paragraph 29 Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal marketForAbstainedS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 14 to paragraph 16 Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal marketForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 39 Competition policy – annual report 2024ForAbstainedS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 18 Competition policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: AgenciesAgainstForS&D
6 May 2025Amendment 7, adding text after recital F Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023ForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 48, adding text after paragraph 41 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 35 — part 1 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 29 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 68 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&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 defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 57 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 11 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 35 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025AbstainedAgainstS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 26 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
Show all 51 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
20 Jan 2025Ordre du jour de mercredi — Demande du groupe The Left Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left GroupAbstainedAgainstS&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
Matthias ECKE , S&D · Germany 1.9 %2 6273215420

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 · Matthias ECKE”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=237465&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 · Matthias ECKE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=237465&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=237465&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}
}