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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Stefan BERGER

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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Stefan BERGER’s votes against the line, 71

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 2026Paragraph 18 — part 1 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 12, adding text after paragraph 36 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027ForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Separate vote on recital B Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstForEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 48 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 17 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 The abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in PakistanAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2026Paragraph 5 — part 4 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanForAgainstEPP
7 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 7 Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025AgainstForEPP
7 Jul 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Coordination of social security systemsAbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 2025 Commission report on KosovoAbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 3 to paragraph 73 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on citation 17 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 43 — part 1 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 40 to paragraph 160, after point vii Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 35 The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquacultureForAbstainedEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 26 — part 1 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
26 Mar 2026Amendment 94 to Article 1 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)ForAgainstEPP
11 Mar 2026Paragraph 24 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026AgainstForEPP
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 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) ActForAgainstEPP
10 Mar 2026Amendment 6, adding text after recital E Public access to documents - report 2022 - 2024ForAgainstEPP
10 Mar 2026Amendment 90, adding text after recital H Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAbstainedAgainstEPP
10 Mar 2026Amendment 99, adding text after paragraph 4 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAbstainedAgainstEPP
10 Mar 2026Amendment 98, adding text after paragraph 4 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAbstainedAgainstEPP
20 Jan 2026Recital B — part 2 Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member StatesAgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital R European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
17 Dec 2025Recital J — part 1 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AbstainedForEPP
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
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 18 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 17 — part 3 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budgetAgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Paragraph 22 — part 1 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report)AgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Decision to maintain the action Final vote Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposalForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendment 363 to Article 2 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Paragraph 67 — part 2 Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in UzbekistanAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2025Paragraph 67 — part 1 Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in UzbekistanAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)ForAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 12 Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential electionsForAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 1 — part 1 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAgainstForEPP
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
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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
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
8 Oct 2025Amendment 87 to Article 1 Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penaltiesForAgainstEPP
11 Sept 2025Amendment 1, adding text after citation 1 Detention of EU citizens in the occupied areas of CyprusAgainstForEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisisAgainstForEPP
9 Sept 2025Amendment 1, adding text after recital AA 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineForAgainstEPP
9 Sept 2025Amendment 3, adding text after recital W 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 23 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
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
7 May 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 55 The European Water Resilience StrategyForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 102 — part 3 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeForAgainstEPP
3 Apr 2025Separate vote on recital B Energy-intensive industriesAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 16 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 70 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 69 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 55 to paragraph 20 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025AbstainedForEPP
11 Mar 2025Amendment 1 European Social Fund Plus post-2027ForAgainstEPP
23 Jan 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostagesForAgainstEPP
28 Nov 2024Amendment 18 to paragraph 7 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsForAgainstEPP

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
Stefan BERGER , EPP · Germany 1.5 %4 7055713130

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 · Stefan BERGER”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197410&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 · Stefan BERGER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197410&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197410&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}
}