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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Jan-Christoph OETJEN

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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Jan-Christoph OETJEN’s votes against the line, 45

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
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth GuaranteeAgainstForRenew
15 Sept 2026Final vote Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresAbstainedForRenew
18 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesForAgainstRenew
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesAbstainedForRenew
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedForRenew
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquacultureAbstainedForRenew
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacementAgainstForRenew
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AbstainedForRenew
12 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026AgainstForRenew
11 Mar 2026Final vote Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of applicationAgainstForRenew
10 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challengesAbstainedForRenew
12 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategyAbstainedForRenew
20 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economiesAgainstForRenew
17 Dec 2025Final vote Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of workAbstainedForRenew
27 Nov 2025Final vote Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representationAbstainedForRenew
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 transparencyAbstainedForRenew
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of minors onlineAgainstForRenew
13 Nov 2025Final vote EU-Monaco agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending ProtocolAgainstForRenew
13 Nov 2025Final vote Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2025Proposal to reject the text Final vote Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)ForAgainstRenew
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAgainstForRenew
9 Oct 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcementAgainstForRenew
8 Oct 2025Final vote Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member StatesAbstainedForRenew
11 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAbstainedForRenew
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisisAbstainedForRenew
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets UnionAbstainedForRenew
10 Sept 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challengesAbstainedForRenew
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedForRenew
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024AbstainedForRenew
9 Jul 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Deforestation Regulation - list of countries presenting a low or high riskForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Request for urgent procedure Final vote European Climate LawAbstainedForRenew
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAbstainedForRenew
18 Jun 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAbstainedForRenew
17 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedForRenew
8 May 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Ninth report on economic and social cohesionAbstainedForRenew
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAbstainedForRenew
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 reviewAbstainedAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025AgainstForRenew
12 Mar 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) dataAgainstForRenew
11 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Social Fund Plus post-2027AgainstForRenew
26 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton COT102AgainstForRenew
23 Oct 2024Final vote Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member StatesAbstainedForRenew
18 Sept 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Maximum residue levels for cyproconazoleAgainstForRenew
18 Sept 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methylAgainstForRenew

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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
Jan-Christoph OETJEN , Renew · Germany 8.1 %5592025044

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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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197432&scope=final&to=2026-09-25
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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 · Jan-Christoph OETJEN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197432&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 · Jan-Christoph OETJEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197432&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197432&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}
}