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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · Claudiu MANDA

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

Showing Claudiu MANDA only. Show every member

Claudiu MANDA’s votes against the line, 41

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
7 Jul 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 12 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 79, adding text after paragraph 107 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstS&D
26 Mar 2026Amendment 33 to Article 1 Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of applicationAgainstAbstainedS&D
12 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2026Separate vote on paragraph 17 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2026Amendment 26 to paragraph 17 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2026Amendment 18 to paragraph 17 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2026Amendment 37 to paragraph 16 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
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 UkraineForAgainstS&D
12 Feb 2026Amendment 1 to recital D World Cancer DayAgainstForS&D
12 Feb 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 14 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsAbstainedForS&D
12 Feb 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 11 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsAbstainedForS&D
12 Feb 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsAgainstForS&D
10 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Application of the ‘safe third country’ conceptForAgainstS&D
10 Feb 2026Proposal to reject the text Application of the ‘safe third country’ conceptAgainstForS&D
10 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union levelForAgainstS&D
22 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Recital Q — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Recital O — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital K Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Paragraph 11 — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 9 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 7 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Paragraph 5 — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
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 2025ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Paragraph 43 — part 2 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 24 to paragraph 50 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 18 to paragraph 14 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Paragraph 1 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital AJ Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 71 to recital U Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 63 to recital S Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 67 to paragraph 51 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 65 to paragraph 17 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 15 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 15 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 4 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Final vote on motion B10-0061/2026 Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Final vote on motion B10-0060/2026 Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)ForAgainstS&D
20 Jan 2026Amendment 29, adding text after paragraph 10 The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companiesForAgainstS&D
20 Jan 2026Amendment 7 to paragraph 10 — part 2 The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companiesForAgainstS&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
Claudiu MANDA , S&D · Romania 4.5 %9042515129

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 · Claudiu MANDA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=197653&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 · Claudiu MANDA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=197653&to=2026-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=197653&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}
}