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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Laurent CASTILLO

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 votes620All roll calls5 928
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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Laurent CASTILLO’s votes against the line, 50

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
11 Mar 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of LawAbstainedAgainstPatriots
20 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crisesAbstainedForEPP
20 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economiesAbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton MON 88913ForAgainstEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize DAS1131ForAgainstEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Final vote Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdictionAbstainedForEPP
13 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Addressing transnational repression of human rights defendersAgainstForEPP
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedyAgainstForEPP
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcementAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion of censure on the CommissionForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAbstainedForEPP
11 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Stock-taking of the European elections 2024AbstainedForEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceAbstainedForEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisisAbstainedForEPP
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on GeorgiaAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAbstainedForEPP
19 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy systemAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on MontenegroAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAbstainedForEPP
8 May 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean MON 87705 × MON 87708 × MON 89788ForAgainstEPP
8 May 2025Final vote Suspending certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the European UnionAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on KosovoAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on SerbiaAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAbstainedForEPP
3 Apr 2025Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seedAgainstForEPP
3 Apr 2025Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishing an EU talent poolAbstainedForEPP
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
2 Apr 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland AgreementAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaAbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025AbstainedForEPP
11 Mar 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of MoldovaAbstainedForEPP
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2024Joint text Final vote 2025 budgetary procedure: Joint textAbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of BiscayAbstainedAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole 2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedForEPP

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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 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
Laurent CASTILLO changed group , Patriots · France in EPP for most of the period 11.0 %456123800

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).
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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 — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Laurent CASTILLO”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=256921&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.
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@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 · Laurent CASTILLO}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=256921&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=256921&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}
}