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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · João OLIVEIRA

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 votes185All roll calls1 755
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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João OLIVEIRA’s votes against the line, 44

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 2026Final vote — text as a whole Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officersAbstainedForThe Left
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAbstainedAgainstThe Left
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAbstainedForThe Left
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tungAgainstAbstainedThe Left
16 Sept 2026Final vote Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034AbstainedForThe Left
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity ProgrammeAgainstForThe Left
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Iceland Agreement on the participation of Iceland in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity ProgrammeAgainstForThe Left
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-UK Agreement regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition lawsAgainstForThe Left
16 Sept 2026Final vote Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034AgainstForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027AbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Final vote Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation FundAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Final vote Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresAgainstForThe Left
9 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanAbstainedForThe Left
9 Jul 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishment of the digital euroAgainstForThe Left
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on SerbiaAgainstAbstainedThe Left
8 Jul 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Protection of the environment through criminal lawAgainstForThe Left
8 Jul 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Lead in certain fishing tackleAbstainedAgainstThe Left
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targetsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole A new strategy for media literacy and digital learningAbstainedForThe Left
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sectorAgainstAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and HerzegovinaAgainstAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAgainstAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on AlbaniaAgainstAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on MontenegroAgainstAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF): access to VAT information at Union levelAbstainedForThe Left
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities fundedAgainstAbstainedThe Left
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in IranAgainstAbstainedThe Left
21 May 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)AgainstAbstainedThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU responseAgainstForThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2032): Implementing ProtocolForAgainstThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EC-São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025–2029): Implementing ProtocolForAgainstThe Left
19 May 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Screening of foreign investments in the UnionAgainstForThe Left
19 May 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel marketAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025AgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstAbstainedThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-USA-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement, and EU-Iceland-Norway Ancillary Agreement on the application of the Air Transport AgreementAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Discharge 2024: Joint UndertakingsAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: AgenciesAbstainedForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForThe Left
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Control, transparency and traceability of performance-based instrumentsAbstainedForThe Left
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedForThe Left
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAbstainedForThe Left

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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 100 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
João OLIVEIRA , The Left · Portugal 32.8 %1341815110

About these figures

What was counted, what was left out, and how.

  • 185 votes considered (final 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 100 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=257083&scope=final&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 — Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · João OLIVEIRA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=257083&scope=final&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 — Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · João OLIVEIRA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=257083&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=257083&scope=final&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}
}