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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Wouter BEKE

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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Votes Final votes293All roll calls2 891
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Showing Wouter BEKE only. Show every member

Wouter BEKE’s votes against the line, 117

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 2025Separate vote on recital R European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
17 Dec 2025Recital J — part 2 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
17 Dec 2025Recital J — part 1 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on paragraph 7 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2025Annex, paragraph 1 — part 2 Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of workForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 27 — part 3 Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of workForAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 7 — part 1 EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineAgainstForEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAgainstForEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 1 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAgainstForEPP
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 processAbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 1 Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative processAbstainedAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 14 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024ForAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 254 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementAgainstForEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 172 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementForAgainstEPP
26 Nov 2025Amendment 3 to paragraph 1, after point e EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the ArcticForAgainstEPP
26 Nov 2025Final vote Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersAbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Decision to maintain the action Final vote Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposalAbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital AC Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital Z Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 84 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 64 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 29 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 21 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 24 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 12 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 2 Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedyAbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 82 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
21 Oct 2025Proposal to reject the text Final vote Monitoring framework for resilient European forestsAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 10 — part 1 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAgainstForEPP
9 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 33 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAgainstForEPP
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 10 — part 1 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 5 — part 1 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 29 EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAbstainedForEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 147 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 137 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 133 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
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 solutionAgainstForEPP
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 solutionAgainstForEPP
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 solutionAgainstForEPP
11 Sept 2025Amendment 8 to paragraph 9 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAgainstForEPP
11 Sept 2025Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 5 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstEPP
10 Sept 2025Paragraph 12 — part 3 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceForAgainstEPP
10 Sept 2025Amendment 13 to paragraph 62 Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policyAgainstForEPP
9 Sept 2025Separate vote on recital AA Public procurementForAgainstEPP
9 Sept 2025Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 82 Public procurementForAgainstEPP
10 Jul 2025Amendment 9 to recital B Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in DamascusAgainstForEPP
10 Jul 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 4 Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in DamascusAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Separate vote on citation 15 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedAgainstEPP
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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
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 37 — part 7 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 23 — part 4 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 58 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstAbstainedEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstAbstainedEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 7 to paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 22 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7 Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 30 — part 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 64 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 43 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 40 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 33 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 1 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 186 to Article 3, after paragraph 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
7 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 57 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 The European Water Resilience StrategyForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 27 to paragraph 102 Discharge 2023: AgenciesAgainstForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 6 to paragraph 10 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 5 to paragraph 8 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 23 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 46 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 17 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstEPP
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023AbstainedForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 Immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative CommitteeAgainstForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 3, adding text after recital B Execution spree in Iran and the confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi HassaniAgainstForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 42 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 19 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 70, adding text after recital R — part 1 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 67, adding text after recital J Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 4 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 149 to paragraph 151 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 148 to paragraph 143 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 146 to paragraph 125 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 122 to paragraph 118 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 141 to paragraph 56 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 30 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAbstainedEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 19 to paragraph 30 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 4 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 3 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 25 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 22 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 64 to paragraph 22 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 80, adding text after paragraph 21 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 30 to paragraph 12 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 3, adding text before paragraph 1 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 16 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsForAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 13 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsForAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 4 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 1 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 19 — part 4 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 24 — part 2 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 29 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 24 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 17 — part 3 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital V Genetically modified maize DP910521AbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Genetically modified maize DP910521AbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2025Final vote Administrative cooperation in the field of taxationAbstainedForEPP
22 Jan 2025Amendments 4 + 7 (voted as one) to paragraph 19 Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in BelarusAbstainedForEPP

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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
Wouter BEKE , EPP · Belgium 4.4 %2 6397935390

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 · Wouter BEKE”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256887&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 · Wouter BEKE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256887&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256887&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}
}