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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Bernd LANGE

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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Period Term202420252026Last 6 months
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Votes Final votes185All roll calls1 755
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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Bernd LANGE’s votes against the line, 22

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
9 Jul 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 6 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 78 2025 Commission report on UkraineAgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2026Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 25 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 14 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 6 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 regionAgainstForS&D
18 Jun 2026Recital B — part 2 Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and FinlandForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 3 to recital T Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peaceAgainstForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 1, after point k Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peaceAgainstForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 19, adding text after Recital 18 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 27, adding text after Recital 15 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendments 18 + 26 (voted as one), adding text after Recital 1 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 37 to Annex II, after point 2 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendments 21 + 31 (voted as one), adding text after Article 4 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendments 17 + 25 (voted as one) Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
21 May 2026Amendment 10, adding text after recital E The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesForAgainstS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 41, adding text after recital P Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 55 to paragraph 1, after point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
30 Apr 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 Enforcement of the Digital Markets ActAgainstForS&D
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?AgainstForS&D
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 60 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForS&D
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 45 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 21 to paragraph 39 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstS&D

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
Bernd LANGE , S&D · Germany 1.4 %1 569211011

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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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=1909&scope=all&to=2026-09-25
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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 · Bernd LANGE”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=1909&scope=all&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.
BibTeX 
@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 · Bernd LANGE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=1909&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=1909&scope=all&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}
}