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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Jens GEIER

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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Jens GEIER’s votes against the line, 38

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 1, adding text after recital G Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstS&D
17 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 22 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAgainstForS&D
17 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 20 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAgainstForS&D
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 13 — part 2 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAgainstForS&D
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 13 — part 1 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAgainstForS&D
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 5 — part 3 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAgainstForS&D
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 4 — part 3 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAgainstForS&D
17 Sept 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 4 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstS&D
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 2 — part 2 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAgainstForS&D
17 Sept 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 2 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstS&D
17 Sept 2026Amendment 2 to paragraph 1 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstS&D
15 Sept 2026Amendment 5 Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowancesAgainstForS&D
15 Sept 2026Amendment 4 Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowancesAgainstForS&D
9 Jul 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 6 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanForAgainstS&D
9 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 1 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanAgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 14 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 7 Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025ForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 3 to recital T Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peaceAgainstForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 1, after point k Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peaceAgainstForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 19, adding text after Recital 18 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 27, adding text after Recital 15 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendments 18 + 26 (voted as one), adding text after Recital 1 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 37 to Annex II, after point 2 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendments 21 + 31 (voted as one), adding text after Article 4 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendments 17 + 25 (voted as one) Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 41, adding text after recital P Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 26 to paragraph 1, point ag Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 55 to paragraph 1, after point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 54 to paragraph 1, point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basinsAgainstForS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 37 Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 25 to paragraph 45 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AbstainedAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 13 to paragraph 26 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 10 to paragraph 12 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 85, adding text after paragraph 11 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstS&D
26 Mar 2026Amendment 82 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AgainstForS&D
26 Mar 2026Amendment 81 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AgainstForS&D
25 Mar 2026Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PPE Group — Iran Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group – IranForAgainstS&D

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
Jens GEIER , S&D · Germany 2.8 %1 336362028

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 · Jens GEIER”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=96833&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 · Jens GEIER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=96833&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=96833&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}
}