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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Jeroen LENAERS

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

Showing Jeroen LENAERS only. Show every member

Jeroen LENAERS’s votes against the line, 39

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 bordersAgainstForEPP
15 Sept 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Global role of the euroAbstainedForEPP
7 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 7 Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025AbstainedForEPP
7 Jul 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Coordination of social security systemsAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2026Amendment 6, adding text after recital Q Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2026Amendment 5, adding text after recital M Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2026Amendment 10 to paragraph 13 Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 8 Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesAgainstForEPP
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 medicinesAbstainedForEPP
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)AgainstForEPP
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAbstainedForEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on recital AH Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 81 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 55 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 69 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 64 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendments 114 + 100 (voted as one), adding text after recital 22 Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 101 to Article 2, paragraph 1, after point 2 Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 117 to Article 2, paragraph 1, point 2, point a, point i Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsAbstainedAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 116 to Article 2, before paragraph 1 Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 15 to paragraph 44 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentAbstainedAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 40 to paragraph 160, after point vii Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAbstainedForEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 56 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Recital AP — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 4, adding text after Recital AL Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Recital AC — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 21 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 19 — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 43 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 123 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 122 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 117 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 116 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 115 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 29 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 28 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 13 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP

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
Jeroen LENAERS , EPP · Netherlands 2.3 %1 6762811038

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 · Jeroen LENAERS”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=95074&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 · Jeroen LENAERS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=95074&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=95074&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}
}