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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Janusz LEWANDOWSKI

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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Janusz LEWANDOWSKI’s votes against the line, 60

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 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 1, adding text after recital G Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstEPP
17 Sept 2026Recital AD — part 2 Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAbstainedForEPP
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 83 — part 3 Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth GuaranteeAbstainedForEPP
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 83 — part 2 Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth GuaranteeAbstainedForEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 86 to paragraph 115 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 2 Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAgainstForEPP
15 Sept 2026Final vote Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation FundAbstainedForEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 35 to Article 3, paragraph 4 Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation FundAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishment of the digital euroAbstainedForEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendments 1 + 11 (voted as one) to paragraph 9 — part 3 The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equalityAbstainedForEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendments 1 + 11 (voted as one) to paragraph 9 — part 2 The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equalityAbstainedForEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 66 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 61 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedAgainstEPP
7 Jul 2026Amendment 9 to paragraph 21 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
7 Jul 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Coordination of social security systemsAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 — part 2 Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra PulinovichAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 6, adding text after Recital J 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 9 — part 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 7 — part 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 7 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 46 2025 Commission report on AlbaniaAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 46 2025 Commission report on AlbaniaAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeAbstainedForEPP
16 Jun 2026Amendment 8 to recital AJ Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedAgainstEPP
16 Jun 2026Amendment 7, adding text after recital AI Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedAgainstEPP
16 Jun 2026Amendment 6 to recital Q Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedAgainstEPP
16 Jun 2026Recital G — part 2 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedForEPP
16 Jun 2026Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 33 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedAgainstEPP
16 Jun 2026Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 25 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedAgainstEPP
16 Jun 2026Amendment 10 to paragraph 15 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedAgainstEPP
16 Jun 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 1 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 36 — part 2 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardForAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 36 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAgainstAbstainedEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 36 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAbstainedAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 34 to paragraph 18 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardForAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 30 to paragraph 9 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAbstainedAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 29 to paragraph 8 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAbstainedAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 27 to paragraph 6 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardForAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 25 to paragraph 3 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 4 Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in UkraineAgainstForEPP
30 Apr 2026Amendment 13 to paragraph 25 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentAbstainedAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 27, adding text after Article 1 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 26, adding text after Article 1 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 25 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 4 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorAbstainedAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 4 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorAgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 33 Discharge 2024: AgenciesForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 45 to paragraph 33 Discharge 2024: AgenciesForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 26 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceForAgainstEPP
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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
29 Apr 2026Amendment 14 to paragraph 75 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentAbstainedAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 226 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAbstainedAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 53 to paragraph 173 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAbstainedAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 16 to paragraph 3 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Recital AL — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 28 — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 19 — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
26 Mar 2026Amendment 95 to Article 1 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AbstainedAgainstEPP
26 Mar 2026Amendment 92 to Article 1 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AbstainedAgainstEPP
26 Mar 2026Amendment 91 to Article 1 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AbstainedAgainstEPP

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
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI , EPP · Poland 4.1 %1 4492039122

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 · Janusz LEWANDOWSKI”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=23781&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 · Janusz LEWANDOWSKI}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=23781&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=23781&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}
}