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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Nicolas BAY

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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Nicolas BAY’s votes against the line, 125

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 — text as a whole Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructureAgainstForECR
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027AgainstAbstainedECR
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAgainstAbstainedECR
15 Sept 2026Final vote Temporary trade-liberalisation measures applicable to Armenian productsAgainstForECR
9 Jul 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishment of the digital euroForAgainstECR
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on MoldovaAgainstForECR
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on UkraineAgainstForECR
8 Jul 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Protection of the environment through criminal lawAgainstAbstainedECR
18 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and FinlandAbstainedForECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on KosovoAgainstForECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and HerzegovinaAgainstForECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAgainstAbstainedECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on AlbaniaAgainstForECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on MontenegroAgainstForECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeAgainstAbstainedECR
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic valuesAgainstAbstainedECR
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities fundedAgainstAbstainedECR
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/SoliverAbstainedForECR
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAbstainedAgainstECR
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The cases of human rights and environmental defenders Andrie Yunus and Muhammad Rosidi in IndonesiaAbstainedForECR
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstAbstainedECR
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Supporting democratic resilience in ArmeniaAbstainedForECR
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in UkraineAbstainedForECR
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identitiesAbstainedForECR
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in HaitiAgainstForECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty - BelgiumAbstainedForECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Discharge 2024: Joint UndertakingsAgainstForECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAbstainedAgainstECR
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacementAbstainedForECR
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 - BelgiumAbstainedForECR
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 - AustriaAbstainedForECR
12 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regimeAbstainedForECR
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereigntyAbstainedForECR
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole EU enlargement strategyAgainstAbstainedECR
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole 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 sectorsAgainstAbstainedECR
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 – BelgiumAbstainedForECR
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 LawAgainstAbstainedECR
10 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economiesAbstainedForECR
24 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineAbstainedForECR
12 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireAgainstAbstainedECR
11 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole EU strategic defence and security partnershipsAbstainedForECR
11 Feb 2026Final vote Amending the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027AbstainedForECR
11 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/006 BE/Audi – BelgiumAbstainedForECR
11 Feb 2026Final vote Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine FacilityAbstainedForECR
11 Feb 2026Final vote Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027AbstainedForECR
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 competitivenessAgainstAbstainedECR
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025AgainstAbstainedECR
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AgainstAbstainedECR
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AgainstAbstainedECR
21 Jan 2026Final vote Enhanced cooperation on the establishment of a Loan for UkraineAbstainedForECR
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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
21 Jan 2026Amendments 1 + 243 (voted as one) Final vote Air passenger rightsAbstainedForECR
20 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companiesAgainstForECR
20 Jan 2026Final vote Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interestAgainstAbstainedECR
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaAbstainedForECR
17 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needsForAbstainedECR
17 Dec 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Military MobilityAbstainedForECR
17 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependenciesAbstainedForECR
16 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Relations between the EU and Saudi ArabiaAgainstForECR
16 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – SwedenAbstainedForECR
27 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineAbstainedForECR
27 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForECR
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 SaharaAgainstForECR
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the ArcticAbstainedForECR
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 3/2025: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updatesAgainstForECR
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’)AbstainedForECR
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAgainstAbstainedECR
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesAgainstForECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN – BelgiumAbstainedForECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 – GermanyAbstainedForECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAgainstForECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member StatesAgainstAbstainedECR
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceAgainstForECR
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisisAgainstForECR
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets UnionAgainstAbstainedECR
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAgainstForECR
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution)AgainstAbstainedECR
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on GeorgiaAgainstForECR
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and HerzegovinaAgainstForECR
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstForECR
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods that occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods that occurred in October 2024AbstainedForECR
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024AgainstForECR
8 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Security of energy supply in the EUAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2025Final vote Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026AbstainedForECR
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaAgainstForECR
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on MontenegroAgainstForECR
17 Jun 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union.AgainstForECR
17 Jun 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the UnionAgainstForECR
22 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AgainstForECR
8 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Banking Union – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedECR
8 May 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Ninth report on economic and social cohesionAgainstForECR
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on KosovoAgainstForECR
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAgainstAbstainedECR
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: Joint UndertakingsAgainstForECR
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: AgenciesAgainstForECR
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAbstainedForECR
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Committee of the RegionsAgainstForECR
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Economic and Social CommitteeAgainstForECR
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European UnionAgainstForECR
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European ParliamentAgainstForECR
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023AbstainedForECR
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 – BelgiumAbstainedForECR
6 May 2025A10–0064/2025 — Adam Jarubas — Consent procedure Final vote Amendments to the International Health Regulations contained in the Annex to Resolution WHA77.17 and adopted on 1 June 2024AgainstForECR
3 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentAgainstForECR
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 2024AgainstAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedECR
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 AgreementAgainstForECR
1 Apr 2025Final vote Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals AgencyAgainstAbstainedECR
13 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugeesAgainstForECR
11 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Social Fund Plus post-2027AgainstAbstainedECR
11 Mar 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of MoldovaAgainstForECR
13 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Further deterioration of the political situation in GeorgiaAbstainedForECR
23 Jan 2025Final vote — text as a whole Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against UkraineAbstainedForECR
19 Dec 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan, in particular the case of Temirlan SultanbekovAbstainedForECR
17 Dec 2024Final vote — text as a whole Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023AgainstForECR
17 Dec 2024Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/002 BE/Limburg machinery and paper – BelgiumAbstainedForECR
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedForECR
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole The shrinking space for civil society in Cambodia, in particular the case of the labour rights organisation CENTRALAbstainedForECR
14 Nov 2024Final vote on the draft Council decision Amendment of the EIB’s StatuteAgainstForECR
24 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with ArmeniaForAbstainedECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole 2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAgainstAbstainedECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-SmatchAbstainedForECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agenciesAgainstForECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023AgainstForECR
9 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForECR

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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
Nicolas BAY , ECR · France 26.0 %480464930122

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 · Nicolas BAY”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=124760&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 · Nicolas BAY}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=124760&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=124760&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}
}