Analysis

Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Matthias ECKE

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 %)

Matthias ECKE’s votes against the line, 41

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	Amendment 1, adding text after recital G Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	For	Against	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 22 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Against	For	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 20 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Against	For	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Paragraph 13 — part 2 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Against	For	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Paragraph 13 — part 1 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Against	For	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Paragraph 5 — part 3 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Against	For	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Paragraph 4 — part 3 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Against	For	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Paragraph 4 — part 2 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Against	For	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Amendment 5 to paragraph 4 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	For	Against	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Paragraph 2 — part 2 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Against	For	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Amendment 4 to paragraph 2 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	For	Against	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Paragraph 1 — part 2 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Against	For	S&D
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 2 to paragraph 75 Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee	Against	For	S&D
9 Jul 2026	Amendment 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, Sudan	For	Against	S&D
8 Jul 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 14 2025 Commission report on Ukraine	Abstained	For	S&D
17 Jun 2026	Amendment 3 to recital T Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peace	Against	For	S&D
17 Jun 2026	Amendment 19, adding text after Recital 18 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed	For	Against	S&D
17 Jun 2026	Amendment 27, adding text after Recital 15 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed	For	Against	S&D
17 Jun 2026	Amendments 21 + 31 (voted as one), adding text after Article 4 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed	For	Against	S&D
17 Jun 2026	Amendments 17 + 25 (voted as one) Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed	For	Against	S&D
21 May 2026	Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 36 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward	For	Against	S&D
20 May 2026	Amendment 54 to paragraph 1, point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly	Abstained	For	S&D
30 Apr 2026	Final 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?	Against	For	S&D
30 Apr 2026	Amendment 2 to paragraph 5 Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela	Against	For	S&D
29 Apr 2026	Paragraph 112 — part 1 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report	Against	For	S&D
29 Apr 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 60 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025	Against	For	S&D
29 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors	Abstained	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 37 Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024	Against	For	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 1, adding text after Recital O Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 124 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	Against	For	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 122 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	Against	For	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 25 to paragraph 45 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	Abstained	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 13 to paragraph 26 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 10 to paragraph 12 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 6 to paragraph 5 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
26 Mar 2026	Amendment 103 to Article 1 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)	For	Against	S&D
26 Mar 2026	Amendment 82 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)	Against	For	S&D
26 Mar 2026	Amendment 81 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)	Against	For	S&D
26 Mar 2026	Amendment 11 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)	Against	For	S&D
25 Mar 2026	Thursday's agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group — Request for withdrawal from voting time Final vote Thursday's agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group – Request for withdrawal from voting time	For	Against	S&D
25 Mar 2026	Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PPE Group — Iran Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group – Iran	Abstained	Against	S&D

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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 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).
Member	Against the line	Clear-line votes	Opposite	Abstained	Other	With own party
Matthias ECKE , S&D · Germany	2.6 %	1 601	36	5	0	28

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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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=237465&to=2026-09-25
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
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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 — All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Matthias ECKE”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=237465&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 · Matthias ECKE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=237465&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=237465&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}
}