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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 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

By member, 695

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
Magdalena ADAMOWICZ , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line4.0 %1 45953600
Grégory ALLIONE , Renew · France Their votes against the line4.0 %1 387478138
Urmas PAET , Renew · Estonia Their votes against the line4.0 %1 239282110
Lukas MANDL , EPP · Austria Their votes against the line4.0 %1 6633333131
Stéphanie YON-COURTIN , Renew · France Their votes against the line4.0 %1 151369124
Moritz KÖRNER , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line4.0 %1 6774918061
Ştefan MUŞOIU , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line4.0 %1 4882831036
Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA , ECR · Poland Their votes against the line4.0 %1 4672929057
Hélder SOUSA SILVA , EPP · Portugal Their votes against the line3.9 %1 6032934029
Dragoş BENEA , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line3.9 %893269027
Benoit CASSART , Renew · Belgium Their votes against the line3.9 %1 687578144
Jan-Christoph OETJEN , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line3.9 %1 5624417060
Dirk GOTINK , EPP · Netherlands Their votes against the line3.9 %1 645431920
Fabienne KELLER , Renew · France Their votes against the line3.9 %1 6785311142
Marco FALCONE , EPP · Italy Their votes against the line3.9 %1 4223223031
Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ , Renew · Spain Their votes against the line3.8 %1 689362900
Eva MAYDELL , EPP · Bulgaria Their votes against the line3.8 %390114011
Ivaylo VALCHEV , ECR · Bulgaria Their votes against the line3.8 %1 44994420
Paulius SAUDARGAS , EPP · Lithuania Their votes against the line3.8 %1 6662933112
Luke Ming FLANAGAN , The Left · Ireland Their votes against the line3.7 %1 482282700
Dan NICA , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line3.7 %1 137304812
Evelyn REGNER , S&D · Austria Their votes against the line3.7 %1 6914712340
Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS , EPP · Greece Their votes against the line3.7 %1 6114316049
Waldemar BUDA , ECR · Poland Their votes against the line3.7 %1 0411124327
Valérie DEVAUX , Renew · France Their votes against the line3.6 %1 682481210
Alexander BERNHUBER , EPP · Austria Their votes against the line3.6 %1 5552826227
Ivars IJABS , Renew · Latvia Their votes against the line3.6 %1 11732800
Andi CRISTEA , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line3.6 %1 4853122033
Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE , Renew · Belgium Their votes against the line3.6 %1 514441000
Giorgio GORI , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line3.5 %1 5573120418
Kristian VIGENIN , S&D · Bulgaria Their votes against the line3.5 %1 4823115627
Aura SALLA , EPP · Finland Their votes against the line3.5 %1 3793612021
Eero HEINÄLUOMA , S&D · Finland Their votes against the line3.5 %1 5922530031
Olivier CHASTEL , Renew · Belgium Their votes against the line3.5 %1 361398042
Sandro GOZI , Renew · France Their votes against the line3.5 %1 564449142
Sakis ARNAOUTOGLOU , S&D · Greece Their votes against the line3.4 %1 6844411354
Thijs REUTEN , S&D · Netherlands Their votes against the line3.4 %1 6603716454
Lara WOLTERS , S&D · Netherlands Their votes against the line3.4 %1 7013816455
Csaba MOLNÁR , S&D · Hungary Their votes against the line3.4 %1 4723731033
Gordan BOSANAC , Greens · Croatia Their votes against the line3.4 %1 7122515180
Dario NARDELLA , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line3.4 %1 1812216226
David CASA , EPP · Malta Their votes against the line3.4 %1 5983419131
Sophie WILMÈS , Renew · Belgium Their votes against the line3.4 %1 273366137
Sandro RUOTOLO , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line3.3 %897207326
Georgia TRAMACERE , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line3.3 %1 6303612641
Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ , Renew · Slovakia Their votes against the line3.3 %1 154353034
Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI , ECR · Lithuania Their votes against the line3.3 %1 185181830
Maria NOICHL , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line3.3 %1 6453912322
Reinhold LOPATKA , EPP · Austria Their votes against the line3.3 %1 6162726035
Adam BIELAN , ECR · Poland Their votes against the line3.3 %1 2831721427

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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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”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&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}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&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}
}