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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · 27 Mar 2026 – 27 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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By member, 694

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
Irmhild BOSSDORF , ESN · Germany 0.0 %1620000
Isilda GOMES , S&D · Portugal 0.0 %1560000
Jean-Paul GARRAUD , Patriots · France 0.0 %1140000
Julie RECHAGNEUX , Patriots · France 0.0 %1290000
Julien LEONARDELLI , Patriots · France 0.0 %1220000
Julien SANCHEZ , Patriots · France 0.0 %1080000
Manfred WEBER , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1430000
Maria OHISALO , Greens · Finland 0.0 %1610000
Marie DAUCHY , Patriots · France 0.0 %1080000
Marie-Luce BRASIER-CLAIN , Patriots · France 0.0 %1300000
Mélanie DISDIER , Patriots · France 0.0 %1060000
Nicola PROCACCINI , ECR · Italy 0.0 %1260000
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ , Greens · Romania 0.0 %1030000
Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES , S&D · Spain 0.0 %1450000
Niels GEUKING , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1640000
Pascale PIERA , Patriots · France 0.0 %1020000
Paulo CUNHA , EPP · Portugal 0.0 %1600000
Pierfrancesco MARAN , S&D · Italy 0.0 %1620000
Pierre PIMPIE , Patriots · France 0.0 %1280000
Pierre-Romain THIONNET , Patriots · France 0.0 %1240000
Ralf SEEKATZ , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1370000
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ , EPP · Lithuania 0.0 %1290000
Rody TOLASSY , Patriots · France 0.0 %1270000
Ruggero RAZZA , ECR · Italy 0.0 %1190000
Sabine VERHEYEN , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1600000
Sergio BERLATO , ECR · Italy 0.0 %1420000
Séverine WERBROUCK , Patriots · France 0.0 %1040000
Terry REINTKE , Greens · Germany 0.0 %1600000
Valérie DELOGE , Patriots · France 0.0 %1280000
Valérie HAYER , Renew · France 0.0 %1530000
Virgil-Daniel POPESCU , EPP · Romania 0.0 %1600000
Jana NAGYOVÁ , Patriots · Czechia Their votes against the line41.6 %892011637
Klara DOSTALOVA , Patriots · Czechia Their votes against the line38.5 %781611329
Nikos PAPPAS , The Left · Greece Their votes against the line33.3 %9061590
Hermann TERTSCH , Patriots · Spain Their votes against the line19.4 %93106216
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT , ECR · Belgium Their votes against the line21.6 %7486216
Enikő GYŐRI , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line15.1 %9349113
György HÖLVÉNYI , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line16.9 %835810
András GYÜRK , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line15.1 %8648112
Branko GRIMS changed group , No group · Slovenia in EPP for most of the period Their votes against the line14.3 %914906
Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL , Patriots · Spain Their votes against the line13.8 %9466113
Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ , Greens · Spain Their votes against the line15.4 %785610
Viktória FERENC , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line12.5 %9629112
Kinga GÁL , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line12.8 %8637111
Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group , ECR · Czechia Their votes against the line20.4 %547130
Raffaele STANCANELLI , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line15.3 %7238011
Alex AGIUS SALIBA , S&D · Malta Their votes against the line11.0 %9128010
Gheorghe CÂRCIU , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line13.7 %7382010
Giorgos GEORGIOU , The Left · Cyprus Their votes against the line11.5 %871900
Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line15.5 %583518

About these figures

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

  • 172 votes considered (final votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 53 of 225 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 27 Sept 2026, 03:25 UTC (data stamp e994c83b5003, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version e994c83b5003 (27 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 · 27 Mar 2026 – 27 Sept 2026”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-27&scope=final&to=2026-09-27 (retrieved 27 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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-2026-09-27,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — Final votes · 27 Mar 2026 – 27 Sept 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-27&scope=final&to=2026-09-27}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-27&scope=final&to=2026-09-27},
  urldate = {2026-09-27},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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}
}