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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Dirk GOTINK

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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Dirk GOTINK’s votes against the line, 117

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 2025Amendment 6 to recital N European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 1 Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative processForAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 87 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 60 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AgainstForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 17 — part 3 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AgainstForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 17 — part 1 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Recital J — part 2 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report)AbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 78 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 78 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 21 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendments 194 + 273 (voted as one) to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 189 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Paragraph 67 — part 2 Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in UzbekistanAbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 10 Discharge 2023: AgenciesForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 6 Discharge 2023: AgenciesForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 82 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 150 to paragraph 79, after point g General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 140, adding text after paragraph 53 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 126 to paragraph 49 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 9 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
20 Oct 2025Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the Renew Group Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew GroupAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 8 Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAbstainedForEPP
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 4 Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Final vote Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 141 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 125 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 124 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
7 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport ModelAbstainedForEPP
10 Sept 2025Paragraph 12 — part 3 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceForAgainstEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policyAgainstForEPP
10 Sept 2025Amendment 13 to paragraph 62 Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policyAgainstForEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Possibilities for simplification of cohesion fundsAbstainedForEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisisAgainstForEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets UnionAbstainedForEPP
10 Jul 2025Amendment 8, adding text after recital A Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in DamascusForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 58 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstAbstainedEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaForAbstainedEPP
8 Jul 2025Paragraph 10 — part 2 Security of energy supply in the EUAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 24 to paragraph 15 Clean Industrial DealAbstainedAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 2 Clean Industrial DealForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 2 Clean Industrial DealForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 289 to Article 12, paragraph 3, after subparagraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 5 Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in IranForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Amendment 8 to paragraph 9 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on MontenegroAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 99 — part 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 30 — part 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 19 — part 4 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAgainstForEPP
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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
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 19 — part 3 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Paragraph 67 — part 1 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 55 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 53 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policyAbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 186 to Article 3, after paragraph 2 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 19 — part 4 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023ForAgainstEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 19 — part 3 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023ForAgainstEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 4, adding text after recital 11 Granting equivalence to Moldova and Ukraine for field inspections and seed productionForAgainstEPP
8 May 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Ninth report on economic and social cohesionAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 57 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAgainstForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 2 The European Water Resilience StrategyAgainstForEPP
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAgainstForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 47 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of AuditorsAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 45 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of AuditorsAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 11 — part 2 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European UnionForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 185 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 143 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 23 to paragraph 108 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 22 to paragraph 98 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 69, adding text after paragraph 21 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 17 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 66, adding text after paragraph 16 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstEPP
6 May 2025Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 68 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023ForAgainstEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 Immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative CommitteeAbstainedForEPP
3 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentAbstainedForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 39 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 29 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 6 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 76 to paragraph 19 — part 2 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 14 — part 2 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 164 to paragraph 74 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 70 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 30 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAbstainedEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 79 to paragraph 18 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 24 to paragraph 12 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 6 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAgainstForEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 5 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 13 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaAbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 1 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 70 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 70 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 68 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 58 — part 3 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 19 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 107, adding text after paragraph 17 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 7 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 36, adding text before paragraph 1 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 28 to paragraph 25 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 6 — part 4 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 3 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
11 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Social Fund Plus post-2027AbstainedForEPP
13 Feb 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 4 Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-AminuAbstainedForEPP
13 Feb 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 9 Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particularAgainstForEPP
13 Feb 2025Amendment 6 to paragraph 7 Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in TürkiyeForAgainstEPP
13 Feb 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 7 Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in TürkiyeForAgainstEPP
11 Feb 2025Recital H — part 2 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
11 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 26 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
23 Jan 2025Amendment 3 to paragraph 5 Case of Boualem Sansal in AlgeriaForAgainstEPP
23 Jan 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 3 Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostagesAbstainedAgainstEPP
20 Jan 2025Ordre du jour de mercredi — Demande du groupe The Left Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left GroupForAgainstEPP
20 Jan 2025Ordre du jour de mercredi — Demande du groupe PfE Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE GroupForAgainstEPP

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
Dirk GOTINK , EPP · Netherlands 4.4 %2 669872730

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 28 Sept 2026, 03:25 UTC (data stamp 5a7357168c2a, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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 · Dirk GOTINK”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=97399&to=2025-12-31 (retrieved 29 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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 · Dirk GOTINK}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=97399&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=97399&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 5a7357168c2a (28 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}
}