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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Jens GEIER

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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Jens GEIER’s votes against the line, 42

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 7 — part 2 Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaAgainstForS&D
16 Dec 2025Amendment 62 to Article 7 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsForAgainstS&D
16 Dec 2025Amendment 20 to Article 2 Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendments 247 + 307 (voted as one) to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2025Paragraph 78 — part 1 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AgainstForS&D
23 Oct 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 23 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2025Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 9 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAbstainedS&D
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesAgainstForS&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
11 Sept 2025Amendment 27, 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 — text as a whole Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policyAgainstForS&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 Sept 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAgainstForS&D
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Public procurementAgainstAbstainedS&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 25, adding text after paragraph 16 Clean Industrial DealForAgainstS&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 279 to Article 27, after paragraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 286 to Article 4, after paragraph 1 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 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
8 May 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 8 Competition policy – annual report 2024ForAbstainedS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 10 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common security and defence 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 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
12 Mar 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 25 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 52 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 83, adding text after paragraph 3 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 4 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAgainstForS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 26 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D

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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
Jens GEIER , S&D · Germany 1.6 %2 643326424

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 · Jens GEIER”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=96833&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 · Jens GEIER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=96833&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=96833&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}
}