Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Wouter BEKE
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?
Showing Wouter BEKE only. Show every member
Wouter BEKE’s votes against the line, 18
Every vote in the selection where the member’s position differed from their group’s clear line, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Position | Clear line | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Final 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 targets | Against | For | EPP |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Final vote General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products | Against | For | EPP |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) | Against | For | EPP |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024 | Against | For | EPP |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Final vote on motion B10-0060/2026 Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) | Abstained | Against | EPP |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Final vote Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Decision to maintain the action Final vote Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposal | Abstained | Against | EPP |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Proposal to reject the text Final vote Monitoring framework for resilient European forests | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali | Against | For | EPP |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville | For | Against | EPP |
| 6 May 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023 | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Final vote on the draft Council decision Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029) | Against | For | EPP |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Final vote Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights | For | Against | EPP |
By member, 1
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.
| Member | Against the line | Clear-line votes | Opposite | Abstained | Other | With own party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wouter BEKE , EPP · Belgium | 3.3 % | 553 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
About these figures
What was counted, what was left out, and how.
- 620 votes considered (final votes matching the filters; scope).
- 174 of 794 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).
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- 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
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Wouter BEKE”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=256887&scope=final&to=2026-09-25 (retrieved 25 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.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-analysis-2026-09-25,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Votes against the group’s line — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Wouter BEKE}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=256887&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=256887&scope=final&to=2026-09-25},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
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}
}