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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Ivaylo VALCHEV

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 Ivaylo VALCHEV only. Show every member

Ivaylo VALCHEV’s votes against the line, 107

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 16, adding text after paragraph 49 Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regimeAbstainedForECR
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital N European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital K European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on paragraph 7 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 2 — part 2 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Amendment 9 to paragraph 2 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForECR
17 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole (B10-0557/2025) European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForECR
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 90 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedAgainstECR
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 20 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedAgainstECR
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 254 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForECR
26 Nov 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 8 Draft amending budget No 3/2025: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updatesAbstainedForECR
13 Nov 2025Recital M — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital I Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital H Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 87 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 79 — part 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 79 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 73 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 72 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 71 — part 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 28 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 21 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstAbstainedECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 3 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
23 Oct 2025Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 78 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AbstainedForECR
23 Oct 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 78 — part 3 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AbstainedForECR
23 Oct 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 78 — part 2 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AbstainedForECR
23 Oct 2025Paragraph 78 — part 1 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)ForAgainstECR
23 Oct 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 45 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AgainstForECR
23 Oct 2025Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 39 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AgainstForECR
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 4 — part 2 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsAgainstAbstainedECR
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 4 — part 1 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsAbstainedForECR
22 Oct 2025Amendment 120 to paragraph 38 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForECR
22 Oct 2025Amendment 89 to paragraph 37 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstECR
22 Oct 2025Amendment 117, adding text after paragraph 30 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForECR
22 Oct 2025Amendment 110, adding text after paragraph 9 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 15 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024ForAbstainedECR
8 Oct 2025Amendment 147 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForECR
8 Oct 2025Amendment 125 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstECR
8 Oct 2025Amendment 124 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstECR
9 Sept 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAgainstForECR
10 Jul 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion of censure on the CommissionAbstainedForECR
9 Jul 2025Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 79 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Security of energy supply in the EUAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2025Amendment 8 to paragraph 15 Security of energy supply in the EUAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 2 Security of energy supply in the EUAbstainedForECR
19 Jun 2025Paragraph 5 — part 1 Clean Industrial DealAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Final vote Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAbstainedECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 279 to Article 27, after paragraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
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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
19 Jun 2025Amendment 292 to Article 17, paragraph 4, subparagraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 289 to Article 12, paragraph 3, after subparagraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 288 to Article 8, paragraph 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 286 to Article 4, after paragraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 284 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 283 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendments 282 + 311 (voted as one) to Article 1, paragraph 1, point b Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 281 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point a Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 264 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 251 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 55 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForECR
19 Jun 2025Amendment 24 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForECR
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 85 — part 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAbstainedAgainstECR
18 Jun 2025Amendment 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAbstainedForECR
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)ForAgainstECR
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)ForAgainstECR
22 May 2025Amendment 6 to Article 1, point 2 Règlement (UE) nº 575/2013 Article 510, paragraph paragraph 7 et 8 Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation as regards securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratioForAgainstECR
22 May 2025Amendment 19, adding text after recital 1 Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanismAbstainedForECR
22 May 2025Amendment 25 to Article 1, alinéa 1, après le point 24 Règlement (UE) 2023/956 après l'article 32 Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanismAbstainedForECR
7 May 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 27 2023 and 2024 reports on SerbiaForAbstainedECR
7 May 2025Amendment 11 to paragraph 50 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAgainstECR
7 May 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 28 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAgainstECR
7 May 2025Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 2 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAgainstECR
7 May 2025Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 1 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAbstainedECR
7 May 2025Amendment 39 to paragraph 1 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAgainstECR
7 May 2025Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 76 A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAbstainedForECR
7 May 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 9 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceForAbstainedECR
7 May 2025Paragraph 22 — part 2 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of AuditorsForAbstainedECR
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023ForAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 148 to paragraph 143 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 30 — part 5 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 30 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 19 to paragraph 30 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 4 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 3 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 154 to paragraph 28 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 76, adding text after paragraph 42 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 66, adding text after paragraph 24 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 6 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 4 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 4 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 6, adding text before paragraph 1 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 4, adding text before paragraph 1 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 3, adding text before paragraph 1 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstECR
12 Mar 2025Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 1 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAbstainedECR
12 Mar 2025Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedAgainstECR
12 Mar 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 13 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedForECR
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 12 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedAgainstECR
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 10 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedAgainstECR
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 1 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedAgainstECR
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 31 — part 4 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 29 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAbstainedECR
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 24 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstECR
11 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 26 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstECR

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
Ivaylo VALCHEV , ECR · Bulgaria 4.3 %2 4603657140

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 · Ivaylo VALCHEV”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=257258&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 · Ivaylo VALCHEV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=257258&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=257258&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}
}