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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Birgit SIPPEL

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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Birgit SIPPEL’s votes against the line, 35

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
27 Nov 2025Amendment 1, adding text after recital J Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementForAgainstS&D
26 Nov 2025Paragraph 25 — part 2 Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materialAgainstForS&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 2025Final vote Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association ProcessAgainstForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 260 to recital 19 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 208 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 88 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 18 Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedyForAbstainedS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 178 to paragraph 79, after point l General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstAbstainedS&D
21 Oct 2025Referral back to committee Standing Forest and Forestry Expert GroupAbstainedAgainstS&D
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesAgainstForS&D
8 Oct 2025Final vote 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 penaltiesAgainstForS&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
10 Sept 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 13 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceAgainstAbstainedS&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 reviewForAgainstS&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 2025Final vote — text as a whole Public procurementAgainstAbstainedS&D
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 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
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
18 Jun 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 47 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportForAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 57 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAgainstForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 10 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAgainstForS&D
5 May 2025Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the Renew Group — TikTok Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – TikTokForAbstainedS&D
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 53 to paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
1 Apr 2025Final vote Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicalsAgainstForS&D
31 Mar 2025Tuesday's agenda — Request by the The Left Group Final vote Tuesday's agenda – Request by the The Left GroupForAgainstS&D
31 Mar 2025Tuesday's agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group Final vote Tuesday's agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE GroupForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 2 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
22 Jan 2025Final vote — text as a whole Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in BelarusAgainstForS&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
Birgit SIPPEL , S&D · Germany 1.5 %2 290291510

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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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=96932&to=2025-12-31
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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 · Birgit SIPPEL”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=96932&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 · Birgit SIPPEL}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=96932&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=96932&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}
}