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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · Stanislav STOYANOV

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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Stanislav STOYANOV’s votes against the line, 122

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 13 to recital C — part 2 Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officersAbstainedForESN
17 Sept 2026Amendment 14 to paragraph 2 — part 2 Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officersAbstainedForESN
17 Sept 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 1 Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officersAgainstForESN
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAgainstAbstainedESN
17 Sept 2026Amendment 1, adding text after recital G Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstESN
17 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 22 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAbstainedESN
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 85 — part 1 Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAbstainedAgainstESN
15 Sept 2026Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 40 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027AgainstForESN
15 Sept 2026Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 36 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027ForAgainstESN
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth GuaranteeForAgainstESN
15 Sept 2026Amendment 80 to recital CL Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedForESN
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 50 — part 2 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstESN
15 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 12 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstESN
15 Sept 2026Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 4 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstAbstainedESN
15 Sept 2026Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 4 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstAbstainedESN
15 Sept 2026Final vote Temporary trade-liberalisation measures applicable to Armenian productsAbstainedForESN
8 Jul 2026Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 108 2025 Commission report on UkraineAgainstAbstainedESN
7 Jul 2026Amendment 7 to paragraph 1, after point d Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the regionForAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on KosovoAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 71 — part 1 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 27 — part 1 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 9 — part 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAgainstForESN
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 2 — part 1 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAbstainedESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on AlbaniaAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on MontenegroAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Amendment 3 to paragraph 1 2025 Commission report on MontenegroAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 49 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeAbstainedForESN
17 Jun 2026Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 35 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeAbstainedForESN
17 Jun 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 22 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeAgainstForESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: terminationAgainstForESN
17 Jun 2026Amendments 23 + 35 (voted as one), adding text after Article 24 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedForESN
17 Jun 2026Amendments 22 + 33 (voted as one) to Article 10, after paragraph 1 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedForESN
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesForAbstainedESN
21 May 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 21 The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 21 The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Paragraph 18 — part 3 The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Separate vote on recital AF Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapForAgainstESN
21 May 2026Separate vote on recital AC Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Recital R — part 1 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Paragraph 49 — part 1 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapForAgainstESN
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 43 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Paragraph 36 — part 2 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Paragraph 36 — part 1 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapForAbstainedESN
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 22 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 19 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapForAgainstESN
21 May 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 1 Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in IranAgainstForESN
20 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 2 Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU responseForAgainstESN
20 May 2026Amendment 9 to recital C Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstESN
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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
20 May 2026Citation 5 — part 2 Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstESN
20 May 2026Paragraph 1, point al — part 5 Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstESN
20 May 2026Paragraph 1, point al — part 3 Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstESN
20 May 2026Paragraph 1, point al — part 2 Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstESN
20 May 2026Amendment 26 to paragraph 1, point ag Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForESN
20 May 2026Amendments 25 + 38 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point af Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForESN
20 May 2026Paragraph 1, point af — part 2 Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstESN
20 May 2026Paragraph 1, point af — part 1 Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForESN
20 May 2026Amendment 34 to paragraph 1, point ad Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstESN
20 May 2026Paragraph 1, point n — part 3 Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstESN
20 May 2026Paragraph 1, point m — part 2 Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstESN
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision United Nations Convention against CybercrimeAgainstAbstainedESN
20 May 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 37 EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution)AgainstAbstainedESN
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation AgreementForAbstainedESN
30 Apr 2026Amendment 2 to paragraph 5 Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in VenezuelaAbstainedAgainstESN
30 Apr 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 5 Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in HaitiForAgainstESN
29 Apr 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 6 Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025AgainstForESN
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 112 — part 1 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAbstainedAgainstESN
29 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 13 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAbstainedForESN
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Norway Agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crimeAbstainedForESN
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crimeAbstainedForESN
29 Apr 2026Amendment 47 to paragraph 20, point vi Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForESN
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstAbstainedESN
28 Apr 2026Amendment 31, adding text after paragraph 48 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AbstainedAgainstESN
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 13 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstESN
26 Mar 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa - BelgiumForAgainstESN
26 Mar 2026Final vote Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goodsForAbstainedESN
26 Mar 2026Proposal to reject the text Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goodsAbstainedForESN
26 Mar 2026Amendment 29 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 applicationAbstainedAgainstESN
26 Mar 2026Amendment 31 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 applicationAbstainedForESN
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 applicationAbstainedForESN
26 Mar 2026Amendment 35, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 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 applicationAbstainedForESN
26 Mar 2026Amendment 34, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 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 applicationAbstainedForESN
26 Mar 2026Amendment 30, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 — part 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 applicationAbstainedForESN
12 Mar 2026Separate vote on paragraph 17 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024AgainstForESN
11 Mar 2026Amendment 1 EU enlargement strategyAbstainedForESN
24 Feb 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 16 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineAgainstAbstainedESN
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 UkraineAbstainedForESN
24 Feb 2026Paragraph 13 — part 2 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineAgainstAbstainedESN
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 UkraineAgainstAbstainedESN
12 Feb 2026Recital N — part 2 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireAgainstAbstainedESN
12 Feb 2026Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 13 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireAgainstAbstainedESN
12 Feb 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 10 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireForAgainstESN
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 8 — part 1 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireForAgainstESN
12 Feb 2026Amendment 18 to paragraph 3 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireAgainstAbstainedESN
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point k — part 1 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstESN
12 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chainForAbstainedESN
10 Feb 2026Separate vote on paragraph 12 European Central Bank – annual report 2025ForAgainstESN
10 Feb 2026Final vote European Union designs (codification)AgainstAbstainedESN
10 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Amending the Measuring Instruments DirectiveForAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital T Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaForAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Recital Q — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaForAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Recital P — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaForAbstainedESN
22 Jan 2026Recital O — part 1 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaForAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Recital L — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaForAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Recital L — part 1 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 9 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 7 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 6 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaForAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Paragraph 5 — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaForAgainstESN
22 Jan 2026Paragraph 5 — part 1 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaForAgainstESN
21 Jan 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 21 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025AbstainedForESN
21 Jan 2026Recital Q — part 1 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAbstainedESN
21 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 7 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstESN
21 Jan 2026Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 2 — part 1 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForESN
21 Jan 2026Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstESN
21 Jan 2026Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 41 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstESN
21 Jan 2026Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 34 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstESN
21 Jan 2026Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 34 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstESN
21 Jan 2026Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 8 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForESN
20 Jan 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 14 Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingForAbstainedESN
20 Jan 2026Amendment 2 to recital E Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economiesForAbstainedESN

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
Stanislav STOYANOV , ESN · Bulgaria 5.3 %2 29839582563

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 · Stanislav STOYANOV”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=257255&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 · Stanislav STOYANOV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=257255&to=2026-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=257255&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}
}