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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · Hermann TERTSCH

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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Votes Final votes261All roll calls2 521
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Hermann TERTSCH’s votes against the line, 116

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 2026Paragraph 13 — part 2 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAgainstAbstainedPatriots
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 85 — part 1 Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAgainstAbstainedPatriots
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize MON 87460AgainstForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean MON 94313AgainstForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6AgainstForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 63 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstAbstainedPatriots
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 48 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAbstainedForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 24 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 21 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAbstainedForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 6 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 6 — part 4 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructureAbstainedAgainstPatriots
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity ProgrammeAbstainedForPatriots
15 Sept 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 35 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027AbstainedAgainstPatriots
15 Sept 2026Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 32 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstForPatriots
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 32 — part 2 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstAbstainedPatriots
15 Sept 2026Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 6 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstForPatriots
15 Sept 2026Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 4 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAbstainedPatriots
15 Sept 2026Amendment 27 to paragraph 1 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAbstainedPatriots
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 measuresAbstainedAgainstPatriots
9 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacreAbstainedForPatriots
9 Jul 2026Paragraph 7 — part 2 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanAbstainedAgainstPatriots
9 Jul 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 5 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanAbstainedAgainstPatriots
9 Jul 2026Paragraph 5 — part 2 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanForAgainstPatriots
9 Jul 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanAbstainedAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP202216 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 and its sub-combinations DP 202216 x NK603, DP202216 x DAS-40278-9AgainstForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equalityAgainstForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize NK603 × T25AgainstForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified soybean MON 87705AgainstForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Amendment 5, adding text after recital I The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equalityAbstainedAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2026Amendment 4, adding text after recital I The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equalityAbstainedForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on recital B The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equalityAbstainedForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 5 The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equalityAgainstForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 31 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 25 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Paragraph 18 — part 4 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplementAgainstForPatriots
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial systemAgainstAbstainedPatriots
7 Jul 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 8 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstPatriots
7 Jul 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 7 Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025AgainstForPatriots
18 Jun 2026Separate vote on recital M Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and FinlandAgainstForPatriots
18 Jun 2026Amendment 9 to paragraph 1 Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesAbstainedForPatriots
18 Jun 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 6 Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina FasoAbstainedAgainstPatriots
18 Jun 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 — part 2 Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra PulinovichAbstainedForPatriots
17 Jun 2026Amendment 1, adding text after Recital J Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peaceAbstainedAgainstPatriots
17 Jun 2026Amendment 3 to paragraph 73 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 8 — part 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeAbstainedAgainstPatriots
17 Jun 2026Separate vote on paragraph 42 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeForAgainstPatriots
17 Jun 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: terminationAgainstForPatriots
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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
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and SteelAbstainedForPatriots
15 Jun 2026Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the Renew Group — Middle East Final vote Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – Middle EastAgainstForPatriots
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesAbstainedForPatriots
21 May 2026Separate vote on recital F Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForPatriots
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 19 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForPatriots
21 May 2026Paragraph 56 — part 1 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAgainstForPatriots
21 May 2026Amendment 43 to paragraph 56 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardForAgainstPatriots
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 40 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAbstainedForPatriots
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for CourtsForAbstainedPatriots
21 May 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 4 Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for CourtsAbstainedAgainstPatriots
20 May 2026Amendment 3 to recital M Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForPatriots
20 May 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 1, point i Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForPatriots
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2032): Implementing ProtocolForAgainstPatriots
20 May 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 37 EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution)AgainstAbstainedPatriots
18 May 2026Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the Renew Group — Reduced US military deployment in Europe Final vote Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – Reduced US military deployment in EuropeAbstainedForPatriots
26 Mar 2026Amendment 87 to Article 1 — part 2 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AbstainedForPatriots
26 Mar 2026Amendment 55, adding text after recital 2 Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of AmericaAgainstForPatriots
25 Mar 2026Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group — Australia Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – AustraliaAbstainedForPatriots
24 Feb 2026Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 3 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineAgainstForPatriots
24 Feb 2026Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 2 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineAbstainedForPatriots
24 Feb 2026Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 15 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineForAgainstPatriots
24 Feb 2026Paragraph 15 — part 2 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineForAgainstPatriots
24 Feb 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 11 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineForAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 12 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireAgainstAbstainedPatriots
12 Feb 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 10 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireAbstainedAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 13 — part 4 World Cancer DayAbstainedForPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 13 — part 2 World Cancer DayAbstainedForPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point ab — part 1 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedForPatriots
12 Feb 2026Amendment 2 to paragraph 10 Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in IranAbstainedAgainstPatriots
11 Feb 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton T304-40AgainstForPatriots
11 Feb 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton GHB614 × LLCotton25AgainstForPatriots
11 Feb 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize T25 (ACS-ZMØØ3-2)AgainstForPatriots
11 Feb 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean DBN-09004-6AgainstForPatriots
11 Feb 2026Final vote Amending the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027AbstainedAgainstPatriots
11 Feb 2026Final vote Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine FacilityAbstainedAgainstPatriots
11 Feb 2026Final vote Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027AbstainedAgainstPatriots
10 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Amending the Measuring Instruments DirectiveAbstainedForPatriots
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital T Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Recital Q — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Recital Q — part 1 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Recital P — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Recital P — part 1 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Recital O — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Recital O — part 1 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Recital L — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Recital L — part 1 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital K Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Recital J — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 9 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 8 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaForAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 7 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Paragraph 5 — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Paragraph 5 — part 1 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 4 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 12 Brutal repression against protesters in IranAgainstAbstainedPatriots
22 Jan 2026Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 1 Brutal repression against protesters in IranAgainstForPatriots
22 Jan 2026Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 115 European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructureAbstainedForPatriots
21 Jan 2026Recital Q — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForPatriots
21 Jan 2026Recital Q — part 1 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AgainstForPatriots
21 Jan 2026Amendment 12 to paragraph 49 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstPatriots
21 Jan 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 32 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AgainstForPatriots
21 Jan 2026Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 27 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AgainstAbstainedPatriots
21 Jan 2026Final vote Enhanced cooperation on the establishment of a Loan for UkraineAbstainedAgainstPatriots
20 Jan 2026Amendment 27 to paragraph 41 The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companiesAgainstForPatriots
20 Jan 2026Amendment 35 to paragraph 40 The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companiesAbstainedForPatriots
20 Jan 2026Amendment 247, adding text after recital 22 Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interestAbstainedAgainstPatriots

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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
Hermann TERTSCH , Patriots · Spain 9.4 %1 22940641292

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 · Hermann TERTSCH”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=197831&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 · Hermann TERTSCH}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=197831&to=2026-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=197831&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}
}