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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Andrey KOVATCHEV

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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Andrey KOVATCHEV’s votes against the line, 115

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
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 18 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton MON 88913ForAgainstEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize DAS1131ForAgainstEPP
25 Nov 2025Recital J — part 2 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report)AgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Paragraph 12 — part 1 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report)AbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Recital BH — part 2 Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Recital BH — part 1 Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital BG Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Recital BE — part 3 Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Recital BE — part 2 Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Recital BD — part 2 Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Paragraph 27 — part 2 Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital H Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Recital D — part 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 87 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 79 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 74 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 73 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 72 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 71 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 29 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 11, adding text after recital 8 — part 1 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 57 to recital 3 Framework for achieving climate neutralityForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 38 to Article 1 — part 1 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on Article 1 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 14 to Article 1 — part 1 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on Article 1 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 39 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 36 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 31 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 26 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 17 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 78 — part 3 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AbstainedAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 78 — part 2 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AbstainedAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 78 — part 1 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AbstainedAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Paragraph 78 — part 1 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 4 — part 6 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsAgainstForEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 102, adding text after paragraph 67 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 129 to paragraph 54 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 162, adding text after paragraph 53 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 124, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 123, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 Declaration of principles for a gender-equal societyAbstainedAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 1 — part 2 Declaration of principles for a gender-equal societyForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 1 — part 1 Declaration of principles for a gender-equal societyForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 5 to recital C Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 8 Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesForAgainstEPP
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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
9 Oct 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 5 Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 5 Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesAbstainedAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesForAgainstEPP
11 Sept 2025Amendment 24 to paragraph 25 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstEPP
9 Sept 2025Separate vote on recital AA Public procurementForAgainstEPP
9 Sept 2025Amendment 394 to Article 6, paragraph 1, après l'alinéa 2 Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehiclesForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 9, adding text after recital H 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 1 to recital C 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 8, adding text after citation 23 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 79 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 78 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 45 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 15 to paragraph 37 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 31 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 29 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 25 to paragraph 8 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendments 3 + 14 (voted as one) to paragraph 8 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 6 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 278 to recital 24 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 279 to Article 27, after paragraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 289 to Article 12, paragraph 3, after subparagraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 288 to Article 8, paragraph 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 284 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 283 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendments 282 + 311 (voted as one) to Article 1, paragraph 1, point b Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 264 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 251 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 55 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 24 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 6 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaForAbstainedEPP
18 Jun 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 4 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 61 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 57 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 53 — part 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 184 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 29 — part 5 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 29 — part 4 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 16 — part 2 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AbstainedForEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 4, adding text after recital 10 Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of BelarusAbstainedAgainstEPP
8 May 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean MON 87705 × MON 87708 × MON 89788ForAgainstEPP
8 May 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 18 Banking Union – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 8 to paragraph 27 2023 and 2024 reports on KosovoForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 11 to paragraph 50 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAbstainedAgainstEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 17 to paragraph 15 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
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 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 92 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 149 to paragraph 4, indent 20 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 24 to recital 23 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 movementForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 29, adding text after recital 4 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 movementForAgainstEPP
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 movementForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 27 to Article 6, paragraph 1, after point e 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 movementForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 26 to Article 3, paragraph 2, subparagraph 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 movementForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 28 to paragraph 39 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 16 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 16 — part 1 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAbstainedForEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 1 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAgainstForEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 7 — part 1 Unlawful detention and sham trials of Armenian hostages, including high-ranking political representatives from Nagorno-Karabakh, by AzerbaijanAbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 7 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 6 — part 4 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 29 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 24 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP

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
Andrey KOVATCHEV , EPP · Bulgaria 4.3 %2 6518034193

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 · Andrey KOVATCHEV”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=97968&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 · Andrey KOVATCHEV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=97968&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=97968&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}
}