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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Harald VILIMSKY

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 %)

Harald VILIMSKY’s votes against the line, 30

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 on the motion for a resolution Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya	Abstained	For	Patriots
16 Sept 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy	Against	Abstained	Patriots
16 Sept 2026	Final vote Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034	Against	For	Patriots
16 Sept 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)	Against	For	Patriots
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)	Against	For	Patriots
8 Jul 2026	Final 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 equality	Against	For	Patriots
8 Jul 2026	Final 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 supplement	Abstained	For	Patriots
7 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system	Against	Abstained	Patriots
18 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines	Against	For	Patriots
18 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich	Abstained	For	Patriots
17 Jun 2026	Final vote European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF): access to VAT information at Union level	Against	Abstained	Patriots
17 Jun 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination	Against	For	Patriots
16 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/009 BE/Soliver	Abstained	For	Patriots
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	Against	For	Patriots
21 May 2026	Final vote — text as a whole The need to reduce work-related fatalities	Abstained	For	Patriots
21 May 2026	Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 on securitisation and a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation	For	Against	Patriots
20 May 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement	Against	For	Patriots
19 May 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market	Against	For	Patriots
30 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Supporting democratic resilience in Armenia	Abstained	For	Patriots
30 Apr 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments union	Against	For	Patriots
30 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela	Abstained	For	Patriots
30 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti	Abstained	For	Patriots
29 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty - Belgium	Abstained	For	Patriots
29 Apr 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision International Cocoa Agreement	Abstained	For	Patriots
29 Apr 2026	Final vote European Chemicals Agency and amending regulations	Against	Abstained	Patriots
29 Apr 2026	Final vote Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products	Abstained	For	Patriots
29 Apr 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision Amendment of the European Electoral Act allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth	Against	For	Patriots
28 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024	Against	For	Patriots
28 Apr 2026	Final vote Generalised scheme of tariff preferences	Against	For	Patriots
26 Mar 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa - Belgium	Against	For	Patriots

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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
Harald VILIMSKY , Patriots · Austria	21.4 %	140	15	11	4	28

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=125001&scope=final&to=2026-09-25
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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 · Harald VILIMSKY”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=125001&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 · Harald VILIMSKY}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=125001&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=125001&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}
}