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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Marc BOTENGA

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
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Marc BOTENGA’s votes against the line, 87

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 2026Final vote — text as a whole Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAbstainedForThe Left
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 ProgrammeAbstainedForThe Left
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Iceland Agreement on the participation of Iceland in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity ProgrammeAbstainedForThe Left
16 Sept 2026Final vote Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034AbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth GuaranteeAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 132 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstThe Left
15 Sept 2026Amendment 72, adding text after paragraph 132 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedAgainstThe Left
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 101 — part 5 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstAbstainedThe Left
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 101 — part 2 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 50 — part 2 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 48 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 9 — part 1 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstAbstainedThe Left
15 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 2 Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement areaAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Amendment 6, adding text after Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015/1814 Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowancesAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Amendment 4 Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowancesAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Final vote Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation FundAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Final vote Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresAbstainedForThe Left
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 measuresAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Amendment 87 to Article 1 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresAbstainedAgainstThe Left
8 Jul 2026Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 61 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstThe Left
8 Jul 2026Amendment 11 to paragraph 20 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForThe Left
7 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 3 A new strategy for media literacy and digital learningAbstainedForThe Left
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sectorAgainstAbstainedThe Left
7 Jul 2026Amendment 3 to paragraph 27 A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sectorAbstainedForThe Left
7 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 54 Competition policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForThe Left
7 Jul 2026Amendment 3, adding text after recital Y Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the regionAbstainedForThe Left
7 Jul 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 13 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstThe Left
18 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra PulinovichAbstainedForThe Left
17 Jun 2026Recital C — part 1 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAgainstForThe Left
17 Jun 2026Amendment 89 to recital 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AbstainedForThe Left
16 Jun 2026Paragraph 11 — part 2 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedForThe Left
16 Jun 2026Separate vote on paragraph 22 European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities fundedAbstainedForThe Left
16 Jun 2026Separate vote on paragraph 21 European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities fundedAgainstForThe Left
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 SteelAgainstAbstainedThe Left
21 May 2026Amendment 4, adding text after recital B The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesAbstainedForThe Left
21 May 2026Paragraph 18 — part 3 The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesAbstainedForThe Left
21 May 2026Amendment 12 to paragraph 43 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAgainstForThe Left
21 May 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)AgainstAbstainedThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU responseAbstainedForThe Left
20 May 2026Separate vote on citation 7 Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU responseAbstainedForThe Left
20 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 6 Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU responseAbstainedForThe Left
20 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 2 Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU responseAbstainedForThe Left
20 May 2026Amendment 35 to paragraph 1, point ae Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedAgainstThe Left
19 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelinesAgainstAbstainedThe Left
19 May 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Screening of foreign investments in the UnionAbstainedForThe Left
19 May 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel marketAbstainedForThe Left
30 Apr 2026Paragraph 14 — part 1 Supporting democratic resilience in ArmeniaAbstainedForThe Left
30 Apr 2026Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 30 Enforcement of the Digital Markets ActAbstainedAgainstThe Left
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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
30 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identitiesAbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025AbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 22 Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025AbstainedAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 2 — part 2 Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025AbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 14 to recital R The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportForAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 118 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAbstainedAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 17 to paragraph 55 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAbstainedAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 34 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAbstainedAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 67 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 53 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AbstainedAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 47 — part 1 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 15 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 9 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-USA-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement, and EU-Iceland-Norway Ancillary Agreement on the application of the Air Transport AgreementAbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Referral back to committee Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorAbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorAbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 23, adding text after recital 6 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorForAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 26, adding text after Article 1 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorForAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 25 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 4 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorForAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 8 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 4 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorAbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Discharge 2024: Joint UndertakingsAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: AgenciesAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of AuditorsAgainstAbstainedThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 15 — part 1 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of AuditorsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 30 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilForAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentAbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 39 to paragraph 120, after point vii Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAbstainedAgainstThe Left
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 56 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 46 — part 2 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 7 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionForAgainstThe Left
26 Mar 2026Amendment 99 to Article 1 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AbstainedAgainstThe Left
26 Mar 2026Amendment 60 to Article 1 — part 4 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AbstainedForThe Left
25 Mar 2026Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PPE Group — Iran Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group – IranAgainstForThe Left

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
Marc BOTENGA , The Left · Belgium 6.6 %1 309206070

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 · Marc BOTENGA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=187917&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 · Marc BOTENGA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=187917&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=187917&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}
}