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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Andreas SCHWAB

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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Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928
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Andreas SCHWAB’s votes against the line, 115

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 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 bordersAbstainedForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 10 to paragraph 11 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 3 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 3 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 34 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstEPP
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on recital F EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)AgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 21 The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesForAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on recital AH Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 81 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedForEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 55 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedForEPP
29 Apr 2026Recital W — part 1 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on citation 17 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 105 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 96 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 92 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 71 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 69 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 53 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 50 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 40 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 2 — part 2 Discharge 2024: AgenciesAgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 27 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAgainstAbstainedEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 40 to paragraph 160, after point vii Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 3, adding text after Recital B — part 2 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 21 to paragraph 71 — part 1 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 2 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 2 — part 2 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Recital AL — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 28 — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 12 — part 1 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Final vote Generalised scheme of tariff preferencesAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 60 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2026Paragraph 12 — part 4 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
11 Mar 2026Separate vote on paragraph 53 Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectorsAgainstForEPP
10 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Public access to documents - report 2022 - 2024AbstainedForEPP
10 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAbstainedForEPP
12 Feb 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 8 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireForAgainstEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 8 — part 2 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireAgainstForEPP
12 Feb 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 1, after point b Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAgainstAbstainedEPP
12 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chainAbstainedForEPP
12 Feb 2026Amendment 1, adding text after recital D Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in IranAgainstForEPP
20 Jan 2026Paragraph 3 — part 3 Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member StatesAgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 27 — part 3 Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of workForAgainstEPP
16 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – SwedenAgainstForEPP
15 Dec 2025Monday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group (epizootic) Final vote Monday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group (epizootic)AbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Amendment 25 to paragraph 10 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAbstainedAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 60 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
26 Nov 2025Paragraph 24 — part 1 Protection of minors onlineAgainstForEPP
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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
26 Nov 2025Amendment 5 to paragraph 20 Protection of minors onlineForAgainstEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budgetAgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 79 — part 2 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 73 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 72 — part 3 Gender Equality Strategy 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 38 to Article 1 — part 1 Framework for achieving climate neutralityAgainstForEPP
22 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 55 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
22 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 9 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAgainstForEPP
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 10 — part 1 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Final vote Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 141 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 139 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 137 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 125 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 124 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
8 Oct 2025Amendment 132 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForEPP
10 Sept 2025Paragraph 12 — part 3 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceForAgainstEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisisAgainstForEPP
9 Sept 2025Paragraph 67 — part 2 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 20 The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civiliansForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Separate vote on citation 15 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 9, adding text after recital M 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and HerzegovinaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 8, adding text after recital M 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and HerzegovinaForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole (B10-0315/2025) Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that listAbstainedAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 7 to paragraph 22 Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy systemForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 89 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Recital G — part 2 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Recital E — part 2 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAgainstForEPP
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 24 to paragraph 11 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AgainstForEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 46 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForEPP
5 May 2025Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the Renew Group — TikTok Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the Renew Group – TikTokAgainstForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 15, adding text after recital 4 Amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedAgainstEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 Execution spree in Iran and the confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi HassaniForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 149 to paragraph 151 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 148 to paragraph 143 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 56 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 140 to paragraph 49 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 119, adding text after paragraph 24 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForEPP
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
13 Mar 2025Paragraph 5 — part 1 Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rightsAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 38 to recital D The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 28 — part 2 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 1 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 70 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 28 to paragraph 25 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Feb 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 9 Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particularAbstainedForEPP
19 Dec 2024Amendment 8 to paragraph 1, point ak Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstEPP
19 Dec 2024Decision 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 rightsAbstainedAgainstEPP
14 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)AbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 4 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 88 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 56 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 6 to 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 changeAgainstForEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 7 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesForAgainstEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 8 The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ForAgainstEPP

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
Andreas SCHWAB , EPP · Germany 2.3 %5 0479122229

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 · Andreas SCHWAB”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=28223&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 · Andreas SCHWAB}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=28223&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=28223&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}
}