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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Christian DOLESCHAL

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
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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Christian DOLESCHAL’s votes against the line, 88

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 2026Recital AC — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 62 — part 3 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 62 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 48 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 19 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstAbstainedEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 18 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 6 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAbstainedEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 3 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
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
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
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 fundedAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Recital R — part 1 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 81 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
20 May 2026Amendments 27 + 39 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point ag Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForEPP
20 May 2026Amendment 2 to paragraph 1, point v Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regionsAbstainedForEPP
30 Apr 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 27 How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAbstainedForEPP
29 Apr 2026Recital BB — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 47 — 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
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 46 — part 2 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 28 — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 34 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 26 — part 1 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2026Paragraph 12 — part 4 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2026Amendments 15 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 12 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
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 2026Final vote — text as a whole Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAgainstForEPP
10 Mar 2026Amendment 88, adding text after recital D Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingForAgainstEPP
21 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital AJ Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AgainstForEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 4, adding text after recital Ea Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingForAgainstEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 9a Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingForAgainstEPP
20 Jan 2026Recital B — part 2 Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member StatesAgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Amendment 6 to recital N European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstEPP
16 Dec 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 7 Relations between the EU and Saudi ArabiaForAgainstEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 77 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AgainstForEPP
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
13 Nov 2025Recital D — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Paragraph 71 — part 1 Gender Equality Strategy 2025AgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 57 Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in UzbekistanAbstainedAgainstEPP
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 53 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAgainstForEPP
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 1 — part 1 Second World Summit for Social DevelopmentAgainstForEPP
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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
9 Oct 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcementAbstainedForEPP
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 124 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
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
7 Oct 2025Amendments 1 + 2 (voted as one) Extension of the derogation for heavy-duty vehicles with zero emissionsForAgainstEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisisAgainstForEPP
9 Sept 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 6 Public procurementForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 37 — part 7 Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAbstainedAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Paragraph 39 — part 1 Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU importsAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 19 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityForAgainstEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 38 to paragraph 21 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AgainstForEPP
8 May 2025Separate vote on paragraph 17 Competition policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
8 May 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital 8 — part 1 The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter seasonForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 55 The European Water Resilience StrategyForAgainstEPP
7 May 2025Amendment 5 to paragraph 8 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 33 to paragraph 31 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 70 — part 2 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 2025Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 15 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 15, adding text before paragraph 1 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025AbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 13, adding text after recital K European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025ForAgainstEPP
13 Feb 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 4 Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-AminuAgainstForEPP
12 Feb 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 5 Genetically modified maize MON 95275AbstainedAgainstEPP
11 Feb 2025Amendment 18, adding text after recital A European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
23 Jan 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 14 Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against UkraineForAgainstEPP
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
23 Oct 2024Amendment 10 — part 1 Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member StatesAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 75 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 43 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP

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
Christian DOLESCHAL , EPP · Germany 1.9 %4 6357214233

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 · Christian DOLESCHAL”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197473&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 · Christian DOLESCHAL}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197473&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197473&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}
}