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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Michael BLOSS

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

Showing Michael BLOSS only. Show every member

Michael BLOSS’s votes against the line, 23

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
16 Sept 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 19 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstGreens
16 Sept 2026Proposal to reject the text Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)ForAgainstGreens
15 Sept 2026Amendment 78 to recital BZ Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstGreens
15 Sept 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 2 Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureForAgainstGreens
8 Jul 2026Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 26 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstGreens
7 Jul 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 Competition policy – annual report 2025AgainstAbstainedGreens
7 Jul 2026Final vote Temporary support and payment of advances regarding the increased fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisisForAgainstGreens
17 Jun 2026Amendment 3 to recital T Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peaceAbstainedForGreens
17 Jun 2026Amendment 6, adding text after Recital J 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstGreens
17 Jun 2026Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 49 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeAbstainedAgainstGreens
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAbstainedGreens
20 May 2026Amendment 55 to paragraph 1, after point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForGreens
20 May 2026Amendment 54 to paragraph 1, point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForGreens
30 Apr 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 2 Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in VenezuelaForAgainstGreens
29 Apr 2026Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 20 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstGreens
29 Apr 2026Amendment 96 to Article 2, paragraph 1, point 2, point b Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsAgainstForGreens
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 2 — part 2 Discharge 2024: AgenciesForAbstainedGreens
29 Apr 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeForAgainstGreens
29 Apr 2026Amendment 26 to paragraph 122 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentForAgainstGreens
28 Apr 2026Amendment 76 to paragraph 56 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedAgainstGreens
28 Apr 2026Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 50 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAgainstAbstainedGreens
28 Apr 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 5 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AbstainedAgainstGreens
26 Mar 2026Final vote Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of applicationAbstainedAgainstGreens

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
Michael BLOSS , Greens · Germany 1.3 %1 70513645

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 · Michael BLOSS”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=197449&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 · Michael BLOSS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=197449&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=197449&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}
}