Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Saskia BRICMONT
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 Saskia BRICMONT only. Show every member
Saskia BRICMONT’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V) | Against | For | Greens |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Final vote EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement | Against | For | Greens |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Role of trade in strengthening the EU’s economic security | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Final vote Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Final vote Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) | Against | For | Greens |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole EU strategic defence and security partnerships | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025 | Against | For | Greens |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs | Against | For | Greens |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Military Mobility | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan | Against | For | Greens |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Final 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’) | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion of censure on the Commission | For | Against | Greens |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Public procurement | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Final vote on the motion for a resolution Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 7 May 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole The European Water Resilience Strategy | Against | Abstained | Greens |
| 7 May 2025 | Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Parliament | Against | For | Greens |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 | Abstained | For | Greens |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III | Abstained | For | Greens |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskia BRICMONT , Greens · Belgium | 4.4 % | 544 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 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?mep=197470&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 · Saskia BRICMONT”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197470&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 · Saskia BRICMONT}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197470&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197470&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}
}