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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Vivien COSTANZO

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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Vivien COSTANZO’s votes against the line, 43

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
13 Nov 2025Amendment 265 to recital 28 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForS&D
23 Oct 2025Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 9 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAbstainedS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 71, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForS&D
9 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 5 Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesAbstainedAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 121, adding text after recital 3 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstS&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
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 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 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 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 34, 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 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 reviewAgainstForS&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 reviewForAgainstS&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
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 283 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 281 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point a Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 264 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForS&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 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 28 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 143 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 13 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForS&D
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023ForAgainstS&D
3 Apr 2025Amendment 16 to paragraph 7 — part 1 Energy-intensive industriesAgainstForS&D
3 Apr 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 3 Energy-intensive industriesAgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 122 to paragraph 118 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 48 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&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 2 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
2 Apr 2025Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 20 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 10 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&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 21, adding text after paragraph 9 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionForAgainstS&D

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
Vivien COSTANZO , S&D · Germany 1.5 %2 826347222

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 · Vivien COSTANZO”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256937&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 · Vivien COSTANZO}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256937&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=256937&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}
}