Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP · Dirk GOTINK
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 Dirk GOTINK only. Show every member
Dirk GOTINK’s votes against the line, 24
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Coordination of social security systems | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 | Against | For | EPP |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole EU enlargement strategy | Against | For | EPP |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Final vote Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain | Against | For | EPP |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy | Against | For | EPP |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Possibilities for simplification of cohesion funds | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis | Against | For | EPP |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets Union | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 8 May 2025 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Ninth report on economic and social cohesion | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 7 May 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world | Against | For | EPP |
| 3 Apr 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European Parliament | Abstained | For | EPP |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 | Against | For | EPP |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole White paper on the future of European defence | Against | For | EPP |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole European Social Fund Plus post-2027 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk GOTINK , EPP · Netherlands | 4.3 % | 554 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
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.
- Permalink
- https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=97399&scope=final&to=2026-09-25
- 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 · Dirk GOTINK”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=97399&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 · Dirk GOTINK}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=97399&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&mep=97399&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}
}