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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Merja KYLLÖNEN

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 votes185 All roll calls1 755

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Group Country Lead committee Topic (model-assigned) Contested votes only (largest side under 80 %)

Merja KYLLÖNEN’s votes against the line, 36

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.
Date	Vote	Position	Clear line	Group
17 Sept 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung	For	Abstained	The Left
16 Sept 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime	For	Against	The Left
16 Sept 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)	For	Against	The Left
16 Sept 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)	For	Against	The Left
16 Sept 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)	For	Against	The Left
15 Sept 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield	For	Against	The Left
8 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Serbia	For	Abstained	The Left
8 Jul 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU–Mexico Interim Agreement on Trade	Abstained	Against	The Left
8 Jul 2026	Final vote EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement	Abstained	Against	The Left
7 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system	Abstained	Against	The Left
7 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum	For	Abstained	The Left
7 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector	For	Abstained	The Left
17 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina	For	Abstained	The Left
17 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia	For	Abstained	The Left
17 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Albania	For	Abstained	The Left
17 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Montenegro	For	Abstained	The Left
17 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Türkiye	For	Abstained	The Left
16 Jun 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Role of trade in strengthening the EU’s economic security	For	Against	The Left
16 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic values	For	Abstained	The Left
16 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities funded	For	Abstained	The Left
16 Jun 2026	Final 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 Steel	For	Abstained	The Left
16 Jun 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain	Against	For	The Left
21 May 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran	For	Abstained	The Left
21 May 2026	Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)	For	Abstained	The Left
20 May 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly	For	Against	The Left
20 May 2026	Final vote — text as a whole The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins	Against	Abstained	The Left
20 May 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument	For	Against	The Left
20 May 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement	Abstained	Against	The Left
19 May 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelines	For	Abstained	The Left
30 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European Parliament	For	Abstained	The Left
29 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025	For	Abstained	The Left
29 Apr 2026	Final 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 crime	Abstained	Against	The Left
29 Apr 2026	Final 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 crime	Abstained	Against	The Left
28 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III	For	Against	The Left
28 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	The Left
26 Mar 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-China Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV	For	Abstained	The Left

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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 100 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).
Member	Against the line	Clear-line votes	Opposite	Abstained	Other	With own party
Merja KYLLÖNEN , The Left · Finland	24.0 %	150	11	6	19	25

About these figures

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

185 votes considered (final votes matching the filters; scope).
62 of 247 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 100 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 25 Sept 2026, 03:36 UTC (data stamp f37e5638cded, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=124736&scope=final&to=2026-09-25
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
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Data version: data version f37e5638cded (25 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 — Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Merja KYLLÖNEN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=124736&scope=final&to=2026-09-25 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 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-2026-09-25,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Merja KYLLÖNEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=124736&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=124736&scope=final&to=2026-09-25},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 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}
}