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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Nikola MINCHEV

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 Nikola MINCHEV only. Show every member

Nikola MINCHEV’s votes against the line, 44

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 2025Final vote Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of workAbstainedForRenew
27 Nov 2025Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAbstainedForRenew
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of minors onlineAbstainedForRenew
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 74 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForRenew
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 67 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForRenew
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 59 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForRenew
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 57 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForRenew
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 27 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForRenew
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 10 — part 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForRenew
13 Nov 2025Amendment 265 to recital 28 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstRenew
13 Nov 2025Amendment 99 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForRenew
13 Nov 2025Amendment 91 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForRenew
13 Nov 2025Amendment 55, adding text after recital 3 Framework for achieving climate neutralityForAgainstRenew
13 Nov 2025Amendment 56 to Article 1 Framework for achieving climate neutralityForAgainstRenew
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 4 — part 3 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsAbstainedForRenew
22 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 56 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForRenew
22 Oct 2025Amendment 116, adding text after paragraph 30 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 13 — part 2 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAbstainedForRenew
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 4 — part 3 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAbstainedForRenew
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 1 — part 2 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAbstainedForRenew
9 Sept 2025Separate vote on paragraph 84 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAbstainedForRenew
9 Sept 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendment 9, adding text after recital H 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendment 8, adding text after citation 23 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 78 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 45 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendment 15 to paragraph 37 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendments 3 + 14 (voted as one) to paragraph 8 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 7 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaAgainstForRenew
19 Jun 2025Amendment 32 to paragraph 1 Clean Industrial DealForAgainstRenew
22 May 2025Amendment 29, adding text after recital F Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AbstainedAgainstRenew
22 May 2025Amendment 4, adding text after recital 10 Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of BelarusAbstainedAgainstRenew
7 May 2025Amendment 6, adding text after recital AL The European Water Resilience StrategyForAgainstRenew
7 May 2025Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 143 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForRenew
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2024/003 BE/Van Hool – BelgiumAgainstForRenew
5 May 2025Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group — Gaza Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group – GazaForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 74 to paragraph 10 — part 1 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 53 to paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 16 to paragraph 45 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
31 Mar 2025Tuesday's agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group Final vote Tuesday's agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE GroupAbstainedAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 25 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 4 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAgainstForRenew
12 Feb 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 5 Genetically modified maize MON 95275AbstainedAgainstRenew
11 Feb 2025Amendment 32 to paragraph 36 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew

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
Nikola MINCHEV , Renew · Bulgaria 1.7 %2 5712519013

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 · Nikola MINCHEV”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=257259&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 · Nikola MINCHEV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=257259&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=257259&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}
}