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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Paulius SAUDARGAS

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 Paulius SAUDARGAS only. Show every member

Paulius SAUDARGAS’s votes against the line, 78

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 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in PapiriForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital R European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
17 Dec 2025Amendment 6 to recital N European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2025Recital J — part 2 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Recital J — part 1 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Recital E — part 2 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Amendment 3 to recital E European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on paragraph 8 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 5 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2025Amendment 9 to paragraph 2 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 3, adding text after recital D Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanForAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 20 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budgetAbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budgetForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Recital M — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Recital D — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 87 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 79 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 78 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 74 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 72 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 71 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 7 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 119, adding text after paragraph 35 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 33 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 124, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 131, adding text after paragraph 18 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 Declaration of principles for a gender-equal societyForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 1 — part 2 Declaration of principles for a gender-equal societyForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 1 — part 1 Declaration of principles for a gender-equal societyAbstainedAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 5 to paragraph 5 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 1 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAbstainedAgainstEPP
10 Jul 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital S Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitivenessForAgainstEPP
10 Jul 2025Amendment 1, adding text after citation 2 Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitivenessForAgainstEPP
10 Jul 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 26 Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitivenessForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Separate vote on paragraph 48 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2025Separate vote on paragraph 47 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 42 — part 3 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 42 — part 2 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 42 — part 1 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 37 — part 1 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 24 — part 1 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 278 to recital 24 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 279 to Article 27, after paragraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
Show all 78 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
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 289 to Article 12, paragraph 3, after subparagraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 286 to Article 4, after paragraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 284 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAbstainedAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendments 282 + 311 (voted as one) to Article 1, paragraph 1, point b Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 264 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 251 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 55 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 24 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 57 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 53 — part 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAgainstForEPP
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)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 169 — part 2 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 138 — part 2 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 136 — part 2 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 29 — part 5 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 29 — part 4 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 29 — part 3 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 16 — part 3 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 16 — part 2 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 1 — part 2 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AbstainedForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 40 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 44 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 92 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
13 Feb 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 4 Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-AminuAgainstForEPP
11 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 26 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
23 Jan 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostagesForAgainstEPP

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
Paulius SAUDARGAS , EPP · Lithuania 2.9 %2 732631506

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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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256809&to=2025-12-31
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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 · Paulius SAUDARGAS”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256809&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 · Paulius SAUDARGAS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256809&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256809&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}
}