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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Liesbet SOMMEN

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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Liesbet SOMMEN’s votes against the line, 235

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 2026Final 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 bordersAbstainedForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 2 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 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 1 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 2026Amendment 48 to paragraph 8 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 75, 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 2026Amendment 74, 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 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 2026Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 1 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 5 to paragraph 4 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 48 — part 3 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 43 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 19 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstAbstainedEPP
16 Sept 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 6 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstAbstainedEPP
9 Jul 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 The abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in PakistanAbstainedForEPP
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 targetsAgainstForEPP
7 Jul 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 33 A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sectorAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 2025 Commission report on KosovoAgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Final vote General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsAgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 4 to Article 1, paragraph 1, after point 1; Directive (EU) 2020/262 General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 93 to recital 18 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 92 to recital 15 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 91, adding text after Recital 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 90, adding text after Recital 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 89 to recital 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 67 + 70 (voted as one) to Article 20 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 60 + 61 (voted as one) to Article 16 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 96 to Article 12, after paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 95 to Article 12, paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 94 to Article 12, after paragraph 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 64 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapForAgainstEPP
20 May 2026Amendments 27 + 39 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point ag Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForEPP
20 May 2026Amendments 25 + 38 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point af Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForEPP
30 Apr 2026Paragraph 17 — part 2 Banking Union – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Paragraph 4 — part 3 Banking Union – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Paragraph 4 — part 2 Banking Union – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 27 — part 2 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 27 — part 1 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 117 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 13 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Recital BB — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Recital AP — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Recital AJ — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Citation 44 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on citation 28 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 101 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 70 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 64 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 56 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 48 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
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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
29 Apr 2026Amendments 114 + 100 (voted as one), adding text after recital 22 Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 117 to Article 2, paragraph 1, point 2, point a, point i Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 116 to Article 2, before paragraph 1 Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAgainstAbstainedEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 22 to paragraph 138 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 15 to paragraph 44 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendments 1 + 25 (voted as one), adding text after citation 21 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 21 to paragraph 71 — part 2 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 32 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 25 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 4, adding text after Recital AL Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 21 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 19 — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 16 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 50 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedAgainstEPP
26 Mar 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)AbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2026Paragraph 12 — part 1 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2026Amendments 15 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 12 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstEPP
10 Mar 2026Amendment 66, adding text after paragraph 3 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingForAgainstEPP
24 Feb 2026Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 3 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineForAgainstEPP
24 Feb 2026Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 15 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineForAgainstEPP
24 Feb 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 11 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Amendment 1 to recital D World Cancer DayAbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Recital G — part 3 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Separate vote on citation 6 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point aa — part 4 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point aa — part 3 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point aa — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point n — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 19 — part 2 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 11 — part 2 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 4 — part 2 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Separate vote on paragraph 3 Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 63 Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategyForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Separate vote on paragraph 16 Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategyForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 4 — part 2 Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategyForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 1 Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in IranAbstainedForEPP
21 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital AJ Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForEPP
21 Jan 2026Amendment 64 to recital AJ Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
21 Jan 2026Final 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)AbstainedAgainstEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 12 to paragraph 22 Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingAgainstForEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingAgainstForEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 5 Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingAgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital R European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
17 Dec 2025Recital J — part 2 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
17 Dec 2025Recital J — part 1 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on paragraph 8 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on paragraph 7 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2025Annex, paragraph 1 — part 2 Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of workForAgainstEPP
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 27 — part 3 Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of workForAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 7 — part 1 EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineAgainstForEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 1 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAgainstForEPP
27 Nov 2025Final 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 processAbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 1 Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative processAbstainedAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 14 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024ForAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 254 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementAgainstForEPP
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Access to finance for SMEs and scale-upsAbstainedForEPP
26 Nov 2025Amendment 1 Access to finance for SMEs and scale-upsAbstainedAgainstEPP
26 Nov 2025Final vote Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersAbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Decision 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 proposalAbstainedAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital AC Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital Z Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on recital H Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 84 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 64 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 29 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 21 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 24 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 12 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 12 — part 1 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 2 Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedyAbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 82 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
21 Oct 2025Proposal to reject the text Final vote Monitoring framework for resilient European forestsAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 33 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 29 EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAbstainedForEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 139 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 137 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 133 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
11 Sept 2025Amendment 17 to paragraph 24 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAgainstForEPP
11 Sept 2025Amendment 13 to paragraph 20 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAgainstForEPP
11 Sept 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 15 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAgainstForEPP
11 Sept 2025Amendment 8 to paragraph 9 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAgainstForEPP
10 Sept 2025Paragraph 12 — part 3 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceForAgainstEPP
10 Sept 2025Amendment 13 to paragraph 62 Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policyAgainstForEPP
9 Sept 2025Separate vote on recital AA Public procurementForAgainstEPP
9 Sept 2025Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 82 Public procurementForAgainstEPP
9 Sept 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 6 Public procurementForAgainstEPP
10 Jul 2025Amendment 9 to recital B Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in DamascusAgainstForEPP
10 Jul 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 4 Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in DamascusAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Separate vote on citation 15 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 37 — part 7 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 23 — part 4 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 58 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstAbstainedEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstAbstainedEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 7 to paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 22 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 2 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7 Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliAgainstForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 5 Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in IranForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in IranForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 15 — part 2 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 8 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 30 — part 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 19 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 64 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 43 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 40 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 33 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 1 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 186 to Article 3, after paragraph 2 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 42 to paragraph 33 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AgainstForEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 38 to paragraph 21 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AgainstForEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 8 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AbstainedForEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 35 to paragraph 7 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AgainstAbstainedEPP
22 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 2 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023ForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 57 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 The European Water Resilience StrategyForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 27 to paragraph 102 Discharge 2023: AgenciesAgainstForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 6 to paragraph 10 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 5 to paragraph 8 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 23 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 46 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 17 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstEPP
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023AbstainedForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 15 to paragraph 6 — part 1 Energy-intensive industriesAgainstForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 Immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative CommitteeAgainstForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 3, adding text after recital B Execution spree in Iran and the confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi HassaniAgainstForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 42 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 67, adding text after recital J Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 149 to paragraph 151 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 148 to paragraph 143 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 146 to paragraph 125 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 141 to paragraph 56 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 30 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAbstainedEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 19 to paragraph 30 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 4 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 3 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 28 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 25 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 22 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 64 to paragraph 22 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 80, adding text after paragraph 21 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 16 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsForAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 13 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsForAgainstEPP
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 2 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 19 — part 4 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 31 — part 4 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 29 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 24 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 19 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 17 — part 3 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Genetically modified maize MON 95275AbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Genetically modified maize DP910521AbstainedAgainstEPP
22 Jan 2025Amendments 4 + 7 (voted as one) to paragraph 19 Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in BelarusAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Amendment 17 to paragraph 6 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsAgainstForEPP
28 Nov 2024Amendment 16 to paragraph 5 — part 1 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsAgainstForEPP
14 Nov 2024Paragraph 72 — part 2 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)ForAgainstEPP
14 Nov 2024Paragraph 66 — part 2 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)ForAgainstEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 12 to Article 1, paragraph 1, after point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Article 30, paragraph 4 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAgainstForEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 11 to Article 1, paragraph 1, before point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 10 to Article 1, paragraph 1, before point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 9 to Article 1, paragraph 1, before point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 7 to Article 1, paragraph 1, before point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 6 to Article 1, paragraph 1, before point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 5 to Article 1, paragraph 1, before point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 4 to Article 1, paragraph 1, before point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAgainstForEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 3 to Article 1, paragraph 1, before point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 4 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 64 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 64 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 63 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 63 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstAbstainedEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 29, adding text after paragraph 62 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstAbstainedEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 57 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 56 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 5, adding text after recital J The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate changeForAgainstEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 6 The severe situation of political prisoners in BelarusAgainstForEPP

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
Liesbet SOMMEN , EPP · Belgium 4.3 %5 410171559185

About these figures

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

  • 5 928 votes considered (all roll-call 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 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 25 Sept 2026, 03:36 UTC (data stamp f37e5638cded, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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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
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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Liesbet SOMMEN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=256889&scope=all&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.
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@misc{epw-analysis-2026-09-25,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Liesbet SOMMEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=256889&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=256889&scope=all&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}
}