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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Nikola MINCHEV

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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Nikola MINCHEV’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.
DateVotePositionClear lineGroup
17 Sept 2026Amendment 79, adding text after paragraph 15 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForRenew
17 Sept 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 1 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 80 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstRenew
15 Sept 2026Amendment 120 to Article 1, paragraph 1, after point 2; Regulation (EU) 2023/956 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2026Paragraph 5 — part 5 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanAgainstForRenew
7 Jul 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 25 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AgainstForRenew
18 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesForAgainstRenew
18 Jun 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 8 Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesForAgainstRenew
18 Jun 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 6 — part 3 Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 6, adding text after Recital J 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Recital C — part 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAgainstForRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 76 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 38 — part 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 27 — part 1 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedForRenew
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 9 — part 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedForRenew
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 8 — part 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedForRenew
17 Jun 2026Paragraph 7 — part 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedForRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 7 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 7 to paragraph 2 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Final vote General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 92 to recital 15 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AbstainedForRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 89 to recital 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AbstainedForRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendments 67 + 70 (voted as one) to Article 20 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendments 60 + 61 (voted as one) to Article 16 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 96 to Article 12, after paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AbstainedForRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 95 to Article 12, paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AbstainedForRenew
17 Jun 2026Amendment 94 to Article 12, after paragraph 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AbstainedForRenew
21 May 2026Amendment 35 to paragraph 21 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardForAgainstRenew
21 May 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 — part 1 Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for CourtsForAgainstRenew
20 May 2026Amendment 34 to paragraph 1, point ad Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForRenew
20 May 2026Amendments 22 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, point ad Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstRenew
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 UkraineForAbstainedRenew
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 112 — part 1 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAgainstForRenew
29 Apr 2026Amendment 105 to Article 2, paragraph 1, point 2, point b Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsAbstainedAgainstRenew
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 30 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAgainstForRenew
29 Apr 2026Amendment 56 to paragraph 202 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionForAgainstRenew
28 Apr 2026Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 32 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
28 Apr 2026Amendment 48 to recital A Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstRenew
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 105 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForRenew
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 26 — part 1 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForRenew

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
Nikola MINCHEV , Renew · Bulgaria 2.5 %1 6392713118

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 · Nikola MINCHEV”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=257259&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 · Nikola MINCHEV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=257259&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=257259&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}
}