Analysis

Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Sandro RUOTOLO

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

Order Highest rate first By name

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Group Country Lead committee Topic (model-assigned) Contested votes only (largest side under 80 %)

Sandro RUOTOLO’s votes against the line, 30

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 13 to recital C — part 2 Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers	Abstained	Against	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Amendment 13 to recital C — part 1 Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers	Abstained	Against	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Amendment 14 to paragraph 2 — part 2 Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers	Abstained	Against	S&D
17 Sept 2026	Amendment 14 to paragraph 2 — part 1 Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers	Abstained	Against	S&D
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 36 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027	For	Against	S&D
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 35 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027	For	Abstained	S&D
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 110 — part 2 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield	For	Against	S&D
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 110 — part 1 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield	For	Against	S&D
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 44 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield	For	Against	S&D
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 24 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield	For	Against	S&D
15 Sept 2026	Final vote Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances	Against	For	S&D
18 Jun 2026	Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 25 Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland	For	Against	S&D
17 Jun 2026	Amendment 2 to recital S Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peace	For	Against	S&D
17 Jun 2026	Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 35 2025 Commission report on Türkiye	For	Against	S&D
16 Jun 2026	Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 5 European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities funded	Abstained	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
21 May 2026	Amendment 8 to paragraph 12 Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran	For	Against	S&D
20 May 2026	Amendment 56 to paragraph 1, after point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly	For	Against	S&D
20 May 2026	Amendment 42 to paragraph 1, after point d Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly	For	Abstained	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 121 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 38 to paragraph 100 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 34 to paragraph 71 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 28 to paragraph 47 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 21 to paragraph 39 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 89, adding text after paragraph 38 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 38 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 37 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	For	Against	S&D
26 Mar 2026	Amendment 60, adding text after recital 9 Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America	For	Abstained	S&D
26 Mar 2026	Amendment 56, adding text after recital 3 Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America	Abstained	Against	S&D
26 Mar 2026	Amendment 51, adding text after recital 2 Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America	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
Sandro RUOTOLO , S&D · Italy	3.3 %	897	20	7	3	26

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=257170&to=2026-09-25
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
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

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Sandro RUOTOLO”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=257170&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 · Sandro RUOTOLO}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=257170&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=257170&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}
}