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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 26 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026 · Dan NICA

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 752
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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Dan NICA’s votes against the line, 42

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
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize MON 87460AgainstForS&D
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean MON 94313AgainstForS&D
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6AgainstForS&D
15 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 10 Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAgainstForS&D
15 Sept 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAbstainedForS&D
15 Sept 2026Amendment 6, adding text after Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015/1814 Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowancesAgainstForS&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 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 measuresAgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP202216 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 and its sub-combinations DP 202216 x NK603, DP202216 x DAS-40278-9AgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize NK603 × T25AgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified soybean MON 87705AgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targetsForAgainstS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 46 Competition policy – annual report 2025AgainstAbstainedS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 Competition policy – annual report 2025AgainstAbstainedS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 5, adding text after recital Y Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the regionForAgainstS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 12 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 96 to Article 12, after paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 95 to Article 12, paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 94 to Article 12, after paragraph 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForS&D
17 Jun 2026Proposal to reject the text Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)AbstainedForS&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 63 to paragraph 1, after point aj Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 57 to paragraph 1, after point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&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 2026Amendment 53 to paragraph 1, after point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 52 to paragraph 1, point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstAbstainedS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 31 to paragraph 1, point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 47 to paragraph 1, after point i Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 10 to paragraph 1, point f Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 42 to paragraph 1, after point d Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstAbstainedS&D
29 Apr 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 87 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForS&D
29 Apr 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 86 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForS&D
29 Apr 2026Amendment 93 to recital 22 Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsAgainstAbstainedS&D
29 Apr 2026Amendment 105 to Article 2, paragraph 1, point 2, point b Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsAgainstAbstainedS&D
29 Apr 2026Amendment 96 to Article 2, paragraph 1, point 2, point b Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsAgainstAbstainedS&D
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 71 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAbstainedAgainstS&D
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of AuditorsAbstainedAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 24 to paragraph 77 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 19 to paragraph 38 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstS&D
26 Mar 2026Amendment 60, adding text after recital 9 Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of AmericaAgainstAbstainedS&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
Dan NICA , S&D · Romania 3.7 %1 134304812

About these figures

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

  • 1 752 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 · 26 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026 · Dan NICA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&mep=124784&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 · 26 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026 · Dan NICA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&mep=124784&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&mep=124784&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}
}