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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · Ivars IJABS

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 votes261All roll calls2 521
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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Ivars IJABS’s votes against the line, 61

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 Sept 2026Amendment 73, adding text after recital H The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersForAgainstRenew
17 Sept 2026Amendment 16, adding text after recital G The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForRenew
17 Sept 2026Recital F — part 2 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedAgainstRenew
17 Sept 2026Amendment 72, adding text after recital B The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersForAgainstRenew
17 Sept 2026Amendment 52 to paragraph 11 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForRenew
17 Sept 2026Amendment 68 to paragraph 11 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForRenew
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 10 — part 3 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersForAgainstRenew
17 Sept 2026Amendment 76, adding text after paragraph 7 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersForAgainstRenew
17 Sept 2026Amendment 75, adding text after paragraph 5 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersForAgainstRenew
17 Sept 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 25 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027ForAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 80 to recital CL Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 78 to recital BZ Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 82 to paragraph 65 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 12 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstForRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 4 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 4 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 88, adding text after paragraph 2 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 70 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 17; Regulation (EU) 2023/956 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresAgainstForRenew
9 Jul 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 7 Joint communication on humanitarian aidAbstainedForRenew
9 Jul 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 4 Joint communication on humanitarian aidAbstainedForRenew
9 Jul 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 Joint communication on humanitarian aidAbstainedForRenew
8 Jul 2026Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 2 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstRenew
7 Jul 2026Amendment 9 to paragraph 21 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Final vote General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Proposal to vote on amendments Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)AgainstForRenew
16 Jun 2026Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 25 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesForAgainstRenew
20 May 2026Amendment 29, adding text after recital F Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForRenew
20 May 2026Amendment 28 to paragraph 1, point ap Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstRenew
20 May 2026Amendments 25 + 38 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point af Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstRenew
20 May 2026Amendments 23 + 37 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point ad Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstRenew
20 May 2026Amendment 34 to paragraph 1, point ad Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForRenew
20 May 2026Amendments 22 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, point ad Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstRenew
20 May 2026Amendment 55 to paragraph 1, after point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstRenew
20 May 2026Amendment 53 to paragraph 1, after point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForRenew
20 May 2026Amendment 32 to paragraph 1, after point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForRenew
20 May 2026Amendment 31 to paragraph 1, point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForRenew
20 May 2026Amendment 30 to paragraph 1, point l Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForRenew
26 Mar 2026Amendment 61 to Article 3 Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of AmericaForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2026Separate vote on paragraph 17 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
11 Mar 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 1, after point f Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereigntyForAgainstRenew
11 Mar 2026Separate vote on paragraph 32 EU enlargement strategyAbstainedForRenew
10 Mar 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 6 The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) ActForAgainstRenew
24 Feb 2026Amendment 20, adding text after recital F Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineForAgainstRenew
24 Feb 2026Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 5 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineForAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 81 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 5 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 2 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
Show all 61 votes
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
21 Jan 2026Amendment 24 to paragraph 50 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 19 to paragraph 15 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 71 to recital U Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 84, adding text after paragraph 92 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 82 to paragraph 77 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 81, adding text after paragraph 60 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 77 to paragraph 27 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstRenew
21 Jan 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 13 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForRenew
20 Jan 2026Amendment 12 to paragraph 22 Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingForAgainstRenew
20 Jan 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingForAgainstRenew
20 Jan 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 5 Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingForAgainstRenew

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
Ivars IJABS , Renew · Latvia 3.6 %1 675491200

About these figures

What was counted, what was left out, and how.

  • 2 521 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 81 of 342 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 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · Ivars IJABS”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=197624&to=2026-12-31 (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 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · Ivars IJABS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=197624&to=2026-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=197624&to=2026-12-31},
  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}
}