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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Roberts ZĪLE

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 Roberts ZĪLE only. Show every member

Roberts ZĪLE’s votes against the line, 88

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
18 Dec 2025Separate vote on paragraph 40 Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regimeForAgainstECR
18 Dec 2025Separate vote on paragraph 39 Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regimeForAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole (B10-0558/2025) European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital S European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital R European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital N European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital M European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedAgainstECR
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 8 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 2 — part 2 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedAgainstECR
16 Dec 2025Amendment 26 to Article 3 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsAbstainedForECR
16 Dec 2025Amendment 23 to Article 3 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsAbstainedForECR
27 Nov 2025Amendment 1, adding text after recital B EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineAgainstAbstainedECR
27 Nov 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 1 EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineAgainstAbstainedECR
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 20 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024ForAgainstECR
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 254 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForECR
26 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 81 Protection of minors onlineAbstainedForECR
26 Nov 2025Paragraph 25 — part 1 Protection of minors onlineAbstainedAgainstECR
26 Nov 2025Paragraph 24 — part 1 Protection of minors onlineForAgainstECR
26 Nov 2025Paragraph 17 — part 1 Protection of minors onlineAbstainedAgainstECR
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 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital I Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital H Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Recital D — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 87 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 79 — part 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 73 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 72 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 71 — part 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 30 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 21 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAbstainedECR
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 3 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Amendment 45 to Article 2 — part 1 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedForECR
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on Article 1 Framework for achieving climate neutralityForAgainstECR
11 Sept 2025Amendment 84 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 10; Directive (UE) 2015/2302; Article 18, paragraph 2 Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspectsAbstainedForECR
9 Sept 2025Separate vote on paragraph 84 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineForAgainstECR
9 Sept 2025Amendment 29, adding text after recital L Public procurementAgainstAbstainedECR
9 Sept 2025Amendment 8 to paragraph 39 Public procurementForAgainstECR
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution)ForAbstainedECR
8 Jul 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 2 Security of energy supply in the EUAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2025Amendment 7 to paragraph 24 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 85 — part 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAbstainedAgainstECR
18 Jun 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 57 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAbstainedAgainstECR
18 Jun 2025Amendment 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAbstainedForECR
18 Jun 2025Amendment 5 to paragraph 21 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAbstainedForECR
18 Jun 2025Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 19 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAbstainedForECR
18 Jun 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 19 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAbstainedForECR
7 May 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 102 — part 3 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAgainstForECR
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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
7 May 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 102 — part 2 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeForAbstainedECR
7 May 2025Paragraph 93 — part 2 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeForAgainstECR
7 May 2025Amendment 6 to paragraph 10 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAbstainedAgainstECR
7 May 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 10 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAbstainedAgainstECR
7 May 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 57 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilForAgainstECR
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023ForAbstainedECR
6 May 2025Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 68 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023AgainstForECR
3 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentAgainstForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 19 to paragraph 54 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
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 2024AbstainedForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 90, adding text after paragraph 43 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
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 2025Amendment 12 to recital Q Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 64 to paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 50 to paragraph 50 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 49 to paragraph 44 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 147 to paragraph 4, after indent 8 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 27 to paragraph 4, after indent 6 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 28, adding text after recital 2 Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movementForAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 43 to paragraph 27 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 70, adding text after paragraph 26 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 26 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 63, adding text after paragraph 21 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 12 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForECR
1 Apr 2025Final vote Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicalsAbstainedAgainstECR
1 Apr 2025Final vote Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicalsAbstainedAgainstECR
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 3 — part 2 Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rapeForAgainstECR
12 Mar 2025Amendment 33 to paragraph 31 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaAbstainedForECR
12 Mar 2025Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 4 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstECR
12 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital M Genetically modified maize MON 95275AgainstForECR
12 Feb 2025Amendment 4, adding text after recital J Genetically modified maize MON 95275AbstainedForECR
12 Feb 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 5 Genetically modified maize MON 95275AbstainedForECR
12 Feb 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Genetically modified maize MON 95275AgainstForECR
12 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital V Genetically modified maize DP910521AgainstForECR
11 Feb 2025Paragraph 27 — part 2 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstECR
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
Roberts ZĪLE , ECR · Latvia 5.6 %1 57034411361

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 · Roberts ZĪLE”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=28615&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 · Roberts ZĪLE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=28615&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=28615&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}
}