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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026

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
25 Mar 2026 – today
Votes Final votes185All roll calls1 755
Order Highest rate firstBy name

By member, 695

Members with at least one vote where their group had a clear line. Order: by rate, for members with at least 100 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
Alessandra MORETTI , S&D · Italy 0.0 %1770000
Alexander SELL , ESN · Germany 0.0 %1710000
Alexandre VARAUT , Patriots · France 0.0 %1210000
André ROUGÉ , Patriots · France 0.0 %1350000
Annalisa CORRADO , S&D · Italy 0.0 %1370000
Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT , Patriots · France 0.0 %1340000
Antonella SBERNA , ECR · Italy 0.0 %1430000
Brando BENIFEI , S&D · Italy 0.0 %1460000
Camilla LAURETI , S&D · Italy 0.0 %1750000
Catherine GRISET , Patriots · France 0.0 %1300000
Daniel BUDA , EPP · Romania 0.0 %1770000
David MCALLISTER , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1680000
Dennis RADTKE , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1360000
Fabrice LEGGERI , Patriots · France 0.0 %1160000
Francesco VENTOLA , ECR · Italy 0.0 %1220000
Gheorghe FALCĂ , EPP · Romania 0.0 %1420000
Gilles PENNELLE , Patriots · France 0.0 %1380000
Gordan BOSANAC , Greens · Croatia 0.0 %1740000
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ , S&D · Spain 0.0 %1750000
Irmhild BOSSDORF , ESN · Germany 0.0 %1750000
Isilda GOMES , S&D · Portugal 0.0 %1690000
Jean-Paul GARRAUD , Patriots · France 0.0 %1230000
Jordan BARDELLA , Patriots · France 0.0 %1000000
Julie RECHAGNEUX , Patriots · France 0.0 %1380000
Julien LEONARDELLI , Patriots · France 0.0 %1310000
Julien SANCHEZ , Patriots · France 0.0 %1170000
Laurent CASTILLO changed group , Patriots · France 0.0 %1050000
Manfred WEBER , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1560000
Marco SQUARTA , ECR · Italy 0.0 %1040000
Maria OHISALO , Greens · Finland 0.0 %1720000
Marie DAUCHY , Patriots · France 0.0 %1170000
Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN , Patriots · France 0.0 %1390000
Mélanie DISDIER , Patriots · France 0.0 %1150000
Nicola PROCACCINI , ECR · Italy 0.0 %1370000
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ , Greens · Romania 0.0 %1140000
Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES , S&D · Spain 0.0 %1560000
Niels GEUKING , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1770000
Pascale PIERA , Patriots · France 0.0 %1110000
Paulo CUNHA , EPP · Portugal 0.0 %1730000
Philippe OLIVIER , Patriots · France 0.0 %1050000
Pierfrancesco MARAN , S&D · Italy 0.0 %1750000
Pierre PIMPIE , Patriots · France 0.0 %1370000
Pierre-Romain THIONNET , Patriots · France 0.0 %1330000
Ralf SEEKATZ , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1490000
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ , EPP · Lithuania 0.0 %1420000
Rody TOLASSY , Patriots · France 0.0 %1360000
Ruggero RAZZA , ECR · Italy 0.0 %1280000
Sabine VERHEYEN , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1730000
Sergio BERLATO , ECR · Italy 0.0 %1530000
Séverine WERBROUCK , Patriots · France 0.0 %1130000

About these figures

What was counted, what was left out, and how.

  • 185 votes considered (final 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 100 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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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&scope=final&to=2026-09-26
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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 — Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&scope=final&to=2026-09-26 (retrieved 26 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-2026-09-26,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&scope=final&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&scope=final&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 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}
}