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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Lara WOLTERS

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 Lara WOLTERS only. Show every member

Lara WOLTERS’s votes against the line, 90

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 2025Paragraph 11 — part 2 Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaAgainstForS&D
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gearAgainstForS&D
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in PapiriAbstainedForS&D
16 Dec 2025Proposal to reject the text Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
27 Nov 2025Final vote Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representationAbstainedForS&D
27 Nov 2025Final vote Amending Regulations on the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and on the single digital gateway as regards certain harmonisation requirements on transparencyAbstainedForS&D
26 Nov 2025Paragraph 17 — part 1 Protection of minors onlineAgainstForS&D
26 Nov 2025Proposal to reject the text Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of SingaporeAgainstForS&D
13 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of SingaporeForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 1, adding text after recital 5 Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association ProcessForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 4 to Article 1 Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association ProcessForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 2 to Article 1– paragraph 1 Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association ProcessForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 3 to Article 1 Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association ProcessForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 205 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 63 to Article 2 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForS&D
13 Nov 2025Proposal to reject the text Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 24 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 23 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 4 — part 1 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 102, adding text after paragraph 67 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 72, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 391 Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 121, adding text after recital 3 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAbstainedAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 145 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstS&D
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 84 to Annex I 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 penaltiesForAgainstS&D
7 Oct 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Revision of the Visa Suspension MechanismAgainstForS&D
10 Jul 2025Final vote Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policiesAgainstForS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 20 to recital L 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaAgainstForS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 7 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 22 to paragraph 7 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaAgainstForS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 21 to paragraph 3 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaAgainstForS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 24 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAbstainedAgainstS&D
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024AgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 Security of energy supply in the EUForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 2 Security of energy supply in the EUForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 292 to Article 17, paragraph 4, subparagraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAbstainedS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 288 to Article 8, paragraph 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAbstainedS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 286 to Article 4, after paragraph 1 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 55 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 16 to paragraph 29 Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal marketForAbstainedS&D
8 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 25 Banking Union – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 8, adding text after recital 10 The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter seasonForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 3, adding text after recital 9 The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter seasonForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital 8 — part 1 The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter seasonForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 5, adding text after Article 1 Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 Article 6a (c), after paragraph 5 — part 1 The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter seasonForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 4 to Article 1, après l'alinéa 1 Règlement (UE) 2017/1938; Article 6 bis, paragraph 1, alinéa 1 The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter seasonAbstainedAgainstS&D
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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 11, adding text after paragraph 49 2023 and 2024 reports on SerbiaForAbstainedS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 6 to paragraph 1 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole The European Water Resilience StrategyAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 2 The European Water Resilience StrategyAgainstForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 9 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceForAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 4 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Economic and Social CommitteeForAgainstS&D
3 Apr 2025Amendment 15 to paragraph 6 — part 7 Energy-intensive industriesForAgainstS&D
3 Apr 2025Amendment 15 to paragraph 6 — part 6 Energy-intensive industriesForAgainstS&D
3 Apr 2025Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishing an EU talent poolAbstainedForS&D
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 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 29 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 80 to paragraph 27 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 12 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 86 to paragraph 68 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 9 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029) (Resolution)ForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForS&D
1 Apr 2025Amendment 35 to Article 3, after paragraph 2 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptForAbstainedS&D
1 Apr 2025Amendment 19 to Article 2, paragraph 1 — part 3 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 22 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 69 — part 3 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 69 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 63 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 9 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 3 — part 2 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) dataAgainstForS&D
13 Feb 2025Separate vote on paragraph 6 Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in TürkiyeAgainstForS&D
12 Feb 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Genetically modified maize MON 95275AbstainedAgainstS&D
12 Feb 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Genetically modified maize DP910521AbstainedAgainstS&D
11 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Central Bank – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 21, adding text after recital A European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 20, adding text after recital A European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 19, adding text after recital A European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 32 to paragraph 36 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 13 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAbstainedS&D
23 Jan 2025Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025AbstainedForS&D
23 Jan 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 7 Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of SerbiaAgainstForS&D
20 Jan 2025Ordre du jour de mercredi — Demande du groupe The Left Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left GroupForAgainstS&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
Lara WOLTERS , S&D · Netherlands 3.7 %2 4286519665

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, 03:08 UTC (data stamp 8560e8fe78df, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version 8560e8fe78df (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 · Lara WOLTERS”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=5392&to=2025-12-31 (retrieved 29 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 8560e8fe78df (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 · Lara WOLTERS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=5392&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=5392&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 8560e8fe78df (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}
}