Analysis

Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026 · Waldemar BUDA

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 Term 2024 2025 2026 Last 6 months

25 Mar 2026 – today

Votes Final votes185 All roll calls1 755

Order Highest rate first By name

Showing Waldemar BUDA only. Show every member

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

Waldemar BUDA’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.
Date	Vote	Position	Clear line	Group
17 Sept 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	Abstained	For	ECR
16 Sept 2026	Paragraph 18 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions	For	Against	ECR
16 Sept 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure	Abstained	For	ECR
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 36 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027	Abstained	Against	ECR
15 Sept 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure	Against	Abstained	ECR
15 Sept 2026	Amendment 70 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 17; Regulation (EU) 2023/956 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures	Abstained	Against	ECR
8 Jul 2026	Separate vote on recital J The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality	Abstained	For	ECR
8 Jul 2026	Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 2 The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality	Abstained	Against	ECR
8 Jul 2026	Paragraph 2 — part 2 The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality	Abstained	For	ECR
8 Jul 2026	Amendment 22 to paragraph 34 EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)	For	Against	ECR
8 Jul 2026	Amendment 20 to paragraph 33 EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)	Abstained	Against	ECR
8 Jul 2026	Final vote EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement	Against	For	ECR
7 Jul 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 9 A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning	Against	Abstained	ECR
7 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025	Against	For	ECR
21 May 2026	Recital A — part 1 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap	Abstained	For	ECR
21 May 2026	Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts	Abstained	Against	ECR
21 May 2026	Amendment 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 Courts	Abstained	For	ECR
20 May 2026	Paragraph 19 — part 1 Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response	Against	For	ECR
19 May 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Screening of foreign investments in the Union	Abstained	For	ECR
30 Apr 2026	Paragraph 22 — part 2 Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine	Against	For	ECR
30 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities	Against	For	ECR
29 Apr 2026	Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 113 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report	Abstained	For	ECR
29 Apr 2026	Amendment 48 to recital S Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025	Against	For	ECR
29 Apr 2026	Amendment 11, adding text after recital L Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025	Abstained	Against	ECR
29 Apr 2026	Paragraph 108 — part 1 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025	Abstained	For	ECR
29 Apr 2026	Separate vote on paragraph 71 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025	For	Against	ECR
29 Apr 2026	Amendment 20, adding text after Article 1 Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sector	Against	For	ECR
29 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament	Against	Abstained	ECR
29 Apr 2026	Amendment 56 to paragraph 202 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission	Abstained	For	ECR
28 Apr 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Control, transparency and traceability of performance-based instruments	Abstained	For	ECR
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 5 to paragraph 25 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024	Abstained	Against	ECR
28 Apr 2026	Amendments 125 + 129 (voted as one), adding text after Article 29 (corresponds to Article 34 in am 120) Generalised scheme of tariff preferences	Abstained	For	ECR
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 7 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III	Against	For	ECR
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 34 to paragraph 71 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	Abstained	Against	ECR
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 28 to paragraph 47 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	Abstained	Against	ECR
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 19 to paragraph 38 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	Abstained	Against	ECR
28 Apr 2026	Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 37 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	Abstained	Against	ECR
28 Apr 2026	Paragraph 5 — part 2 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034	Abstained	Against	ECR

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).
Member	Against the line	Clear-line votes	Opposite	Abstained	Other	With own party
Waldemar BUDA , ECR · Poland	3.7 %	1 041	11	24	3	27

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 26 Sept 2026, 03:32 UTC (data stamp 579b2832c723, 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=99878&scope=all&to=2026-09-26
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version: data version 579b2832c723 (26 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 – 26 Sept 2026 · Waldemar BUDA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=99878&scope=all&to=2026-09-26 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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-2026-09-26,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026 · Waldemar BUDA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=99878&scope=all&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=99878&scope=all&to=2026-09-26},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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}
}