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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Jens GIESEKE

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 votes185All roll calls1 755
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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Jens GIESEKE’s votes against the line, 38

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 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 bordersAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Recital AD — part 2 Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAbstainedForEPP
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 85 — part 2 Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Recital AC — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAbstainedForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 62 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAbstainedForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 48 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAbstainedForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 46 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 46 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 45 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 3 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 3 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 80 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 80 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 80 — part 2 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstForEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 21 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstEPP
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 2025 Commission report on KosovoAbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 3 to paragraph 73 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 3 to paragraph 15 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on recital AH Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Recital R — part 1 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The cases of human rights and environmental defenders Andrie Yunus and Muhammad Rosidi in IndonesiaAgainstForEPP
20 May 2026Separate vote on citation 7 Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU responseAgainstForEPP
20 May 2026Paragraph 1, point al — part 5 Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForEPP
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regionsAbstainedForEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 74 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AbstainedForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 59 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 33 Discharge 2024: AgenciesForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 33 Discharge 2024: AgenciesForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 45 to paragraph 33 Discharge 2024: AgenciesForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 44 to paragraph 24 Discharge 2024: AgenciesAgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 10 to paragraph 12 Discharge 2024: AgenciesForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 27 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceForAbstainedEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 81 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 40 to paragraph 160, after point vii Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 28 — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 28 — part 1 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 37 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIForAgainstEPP

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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
Jens GIESEKE , EPP · Germany 2.3 %1 667271017

About these figures

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

  • 1 755 votes considered (all roll-call 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 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 25 Sept 2026, 03:36 UTC (data stamp f37e5638cded, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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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 — All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Jens GIESEKE”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=124807&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 — All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Jens GIESEKE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=124807&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=124807&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}
}