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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 26 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026 · Reinhold LOPATKA

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

Showing Reinhold LOPATKA only. Show every member

Reinhold LOPATKA’s votes against the line, 53

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 60, adding text after recital C The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersForAgainstEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 5 — part 1 Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officersAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sectorAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 55 An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sectorForAgainstEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 29 An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sectorForAgainstEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sectorForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 63 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 46 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 45 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
15 Sept 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Global role of the euroAbstainedForEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 49 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027AbstainedAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Final vote Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation FundAbstainedForEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 87 to Article 7, paragraph 3 Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation FundAbstainedAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Final vote Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresAbstainedForEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 98 to recital 3 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresAbstainedAgainstEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendments 1 + 11 (voted as one) to paragraph 9 — part 3 The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equalityAbstainedForEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendments 1 + 11 (voted as one) to paragraph 9 — 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 equalityAbstainedForEPP
8 Jul 2026Paragraph 101 — part 1 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForEPP
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 14 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForEPP
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 13 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForEPP
7 Jul 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 25 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AgainstForEPP
7 Jul 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 12 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AgainstForEPP
7 Jul 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Coordination of social security systemsAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2026Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 4 Political repression and humanitarian situation in CubaForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2026Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 4 Political repression and humanitarian situation in CubaForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 4 Political repression and humanitarian situation in CubaForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2026Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 4 Political repression and humanitarian situation in CubaAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 1 to recital 34 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 19, adding text after Recital 18 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 27, adding text after Recital 15 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 15 + 16 + 24 + 36 (voted as one), adding text after Article 37 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 23 + 35 (voted as one), adding text after Article 24 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 32 to Article 10, paragraph 1 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 8 to Article 9, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, after point d Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 7 to Article 7, paragraph 2, after point d Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 6 to Article 6, paragraph 3, after point d Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 21 + 31 (voted as one), adding text after Article 4 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 17 + 25 (voted as one) Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Recital R — part 1 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Recital A — part 2 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 25 to paragraph 3 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentAgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 101 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 40 to paragraph 160, after point vii Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Recital AL — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 28 — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 12 — part 3 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 126 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
Show all 53 votes
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
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 125 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 120 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
26 Mar 2026Amendment 32 to Article 1 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AgainstForEPP

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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
Reinhold LOPATKA , EPP · Austria 3.3 %1 6132726035

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 · Reinhold LOPATKA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&mep=220896&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 · Reinhold LOPATKA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&mep=220896&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&mep=220896&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}
}