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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Auke ZIJLSTRA

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
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Auke ZIJLSTRA’s votes against the line, 80

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
16 Sept 2026Final vote Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034AgainstForPatriots
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Romania, Cyprus and Spain with regard to natural disasters in 2025AgainstForPatriots
7 Jul 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2026/000 TA 2026 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the CommissionAgainstAbstainedPatriots
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Role of trade in strengthening the EU’s economic securityAgainstAbstainedPatriots
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/009 BE/SoliverAgainstForPatriots
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and SteelAgainstForPatriots
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesAgainstForPatriots
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision United Nations Convention against CybercrimeAgainstForPatriots
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Supporting democratic resilience in ArmeniaAgainstForPatriots
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in HaitiAgainstForPatriots
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty - BelgiumAgainstForPatriots
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision International Cocoa AgreementAgainstForPatriots
29 Apr 2026Final vote European Chemicals Agency and amending regulationsAgainstAbstainedPatriots
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: AgenciesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Control, transparency and traceability of performance-based instrumentsForAgainstPatriots
26 Mar 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa - BelgiumAgainstForPatriots
26 Mar 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/005 AT/KTM - AustriaAgainstForPatriots
12 Mar 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in NigerAbstainedForPatriots
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Tackling barriers to the single market for defenceAbstainedAgainstPatriots
11 Mar 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – BelgiumAgainstForPatriots
10 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economiesAbstainedForPatriots
10 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challengesAgainstAbstainedPatriots
12 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Post-election situation in Uganda and threats against opposition leader Bobi WineAbstainedForPatriots
11 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/006 BE/Audi – BelgiumAgainstForPatriots
22 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitivenessForAgainstPatriots
22 Jan 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Case of Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African RepublicAbstainedForPatriots
20 Jan 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertaintiesAgainstAbstainedPatriots
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 NovemberAbstainedForPatriots
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in AzerbaijanAbstainedForPatriots
17 Dec 2025Final vote European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)AgainstForPatriots
16 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Relations between the EU and Saudi ArabiaAgainstForPatriots
16 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – SwedenAgainstForPatriots
16 Dec 2025Final vote Providing macro-financial assistance to JordanAgainstForPatriots
16 Dec 2025Final vote Brexit Adjustment ReserveAbstainedForPatriots
27 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the RohingyaAbstainedForPatriots
27 Nov 2025Final vote Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representationAgainstAbstainedPatriots
27 Nov 2025Final vote Amending Regulations on the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and on the single digital gateway as regards certain harmonisation requirements on transparencyAgainstAbstainedPatriots
27 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu LissuAbstainedForPatriots
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western SaharaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)ForAgainstPatriots
13 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025AgainstForPatriots
13 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of SingaporeAgainstAbstainedPatriots
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedyAbstainedAgainstPatriots
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in CabaretAbstainedForPatriots
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN – BelgiumAgainstForPatriots
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 – GermanyAgainstForPatriots
7 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport ModelAgainstForPatriots
11 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Case of Victoire Ingabire in RwandaAbstainedForPatriots
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution)AgainstAbstainedPatriots
9 Sept 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForPatriots
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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
10 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitivenessAgainstAbstainedPatriots
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU importsAbstainedForPatriots
8 Jul 2025Council draft Final vote VAT: taxable persons, special scheme and special arrangements for declaration and payment, relating to distance sales of imported goodsAbstainedForPatriots
17 Jun 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policyAgainstForPatriots
22 May 2025Final vote Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation as regards securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratioAgainstForPatriots
22 May 2025Final vote Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2026-2027 complementing Horizon EuropeAbstainedForPatriots
8 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Violations of religious freedom in TibetAbstainedForPatriots
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAbstainedAgainstPatriots
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Economic and Social CommitteeAbstainedAgainstPatriots
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of AuditorsAbstainedForPatriots
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European UnionAbstainedAgainstPatriots
7 May 2025Request for urgent procedure Final vote Amending of Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challengesAgainstForPatriots
7 May 2025Request for urgent procedure Final vote Amending of the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term reviewAgainstForPatriots
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2024/003 BE/Van Hool – BelgiumAgainstForPatriots
3 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative CommitteeAbstainedForPatriots
1 Apr 2025Final vote Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAgainstForPatriots
1 Apr 2025Final vote Macro-financial assistance to JordanAgainstForPatriots
13 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rapeAbstainedForPatriots
13 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the CongoAbstainedForPatriots
22 Jan 2025Final vote — text as a whole Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in BelarusAbstainedForPatriots
17 Dec 2024Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/002 BE/Limburg machinery and paper – BelgiumAgainstForPatriots
17 Dec 2024Final vote Regional Emergency Support: RESTOREAgainstForPatriots
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 RussiaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
27 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany and Italy relating to floods occurred in 2024AgainstForPatriots
27 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Draft amending budget No 5/2024: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updatesAgainstAbstainedPatriots
10 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan AbbasAbstainedForPatriots
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole The severe situation of political prisoners in BelarusAbstainedForPatriots
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’AbstainedForPatriots
17 Jul 2024Final vote — text as a whole The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedAgainstPatriots

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.

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
Auke ZIJLSTRA , Patriots · Netherlands 16.9 %47335341180

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 · Auke ZIJLSTRA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=103246&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 · Auke ZIJLSTRA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=103246&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=103246&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}
}