Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Sara MATTHIEU
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?
Showing Sara MATTHIEU only. Show every member
Sara MATTHIEU’s votes against the line, 12
Every vote in the selection where the member’s position differed from their group’s clear line, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Position | Clear line | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V) | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V) | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 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) | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness | Against | For | Greens |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 21 2025 Commission report on Ukraine | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Final vote EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement | Against | For | Greens |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Amendment 1, adding text after recital C Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso | For | Abstained | Greens |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Proposal to vote on amendments Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America | For | Against | Greens |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendments 3 + 5 (voted as one) to paragraph 1 The need to reduce work-related fatalities | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Paragraph 6 — part 2 Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti | Against | For | Greens |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Amendment 82 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) | Against | For | Greens |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group — Australia Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Australia | For | Against | Greens |
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.
| Member | Against the line | Clear-line votes | Opposite | Abstained | Other | With own party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara MATTHIEU , Greens · Belgium | 0.7 % | 1 720 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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).
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- 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
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Sara MATTHIEU”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=208722&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 · Sara MATTHIEU}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=208722&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=208722&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}
}