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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Sven MIKSER

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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Sven MIKSER’s votes against the line, 112

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
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 63 — part 3 Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAbstainedForS&D
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí NavarroAbstainedAgainstS&D
15 Sept 2026Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 40 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027AbstainedAgainstS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 9 to paragraph 21 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstS&D
18 Jun 2026Recital B — part 2 Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and FinlandForAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 1 to recital 34 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendments 15 + 16 + 24 + 36 (voted as one), adding text after Article 37 Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 9 to Article 27, paragraph 1, point c Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 8 to Article 9, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, after point d Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedForS&D
17 Jun 2026Amendment 6 to Article 6, paragraph 3, after point d Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feedAbstainedForS&D
21 May 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 36 — part 2 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAbstainedForS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 63 to paragraph 1, after point aj Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForS&D
19 May 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel marketAbstainedForS&D
30 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 16 The need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassmentAbstainedForS&D
30 Apr 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 4 Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in UkraineAbstainedAgainstS&D
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 46 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForS&D
29 Apr 2026Amendment 51 to paragraph 171 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAbstainedAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 40 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIForAgainstS&D
26 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 applicationAgainstForS&D
26 Mar 2026Amendment 32, adding text after recital 4 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 applicationForAbstainedS&D
25 Mar 2026Thursday's agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group — Request for withdrawal from voting time Final vote Thursday's agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group – Request for withdrawal from voting timeForAgainstS&D
10 Mar 2026Amendment 1, adding text after recital Z Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economiesAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Recital Q — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Recital O — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital K Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Paragraph 11 — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 9 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 7 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Paragraph 5 — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 29 Brutal repression against protesters in IranAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 1 Brutal repression against protesters in IranAbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 24 to paragraph 50 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 2 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 63 to recital S Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 78 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 82 to paragraph 77 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 65 to paragraph 17 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 4 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, after point b Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
20 Jan 2026Amendment 247, adding text after recital 22 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 interestAbstainedForS&D
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needsAbstainedAgainstS&D
17 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersAbstainedAgainstS&D
27 Nov 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanAgainstAbstainedS&D
26 Nov 2025Recital J — part 2 Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weaponsAbstainedForS&D
26 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weaponsAgainstAbstainedS&D
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of minors onlineAbstainedForS&D
26 Nov 2025Paragraph 17 — part 1 Protection of minors onlineAbstainedForS&D
25 Nov 2025Recital M — part 2 Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report)AbstainedAgainstS&D
Show all 112 votes
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
13 Nov 2025Final vote Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AbstainedForS&D
22 Oct 2025Paragraph 4 — part 1 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsAbstainedAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 172, adding text after paragraph 79 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 162, adding text after paragraph 53 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 75, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 71, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedForS&D
8 Oct 2025Amendment 147 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 2, adding text after recital N Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 67 Public procurementAgainstForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 37 to paragraph 67 Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 35 to paragraph 66 Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 63 Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Sept 2025Amendment 3 to paragraph 4 Public procurementAbstainedForS&D
9 Jul 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 4 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 civiliansForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2025Motion for adjournment of the vote Preserving the memory of the victims of the post war communist period in SloveniaAbstainedForS&D
8 Jul 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 Security of energy supply in the EUForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 34 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstS&D
19 Jun 2025Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAbstainedForS&D
22 May 2025Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 2 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023ForAgainstS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 9 to paragraph 5 Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal marketAgainstForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 102 — part 3 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 22 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 20 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 186 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAbstainedS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 185 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAbstainedS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 143 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 24 to paragraph 131 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 29 to paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 19 to paragraph 74 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 69 — part 3 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 69 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 57 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 61 to paragraph 54 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 100 to paragraph 34 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 107, adding text after paragraph 17 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 106, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 104 to paragraph 13 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 7 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 5 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize MON 95275AgainstForS&D
12 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP910521AgainstForS&D
11 Feb 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 26 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2025Amendments 4 + 7 (voted as one) to paragraph 19 Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in BelarusForAgainstS&D
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 13 — part 5 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaForAgainstS&D
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 13 — part 3 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaForAgainstS&D
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 5 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstS&D
26 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize MON 94804AgainstForS&D
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP202216AgainstForS&D
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP23211AgainstForS&D
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP915635AgainstForS&D
26 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize MON 810AgainstForS&D
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinationsAgainstForS&D
26 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton COT102AgainstForS&D
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603AgainstForS&D
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 2 Situation in VenezuelaAbstainedAgainstS&D
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in CubaForAgainstS&D
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 6 The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in CubaAbstainedAgainstS&D

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
Sven MIKSER , S&D · Estonia 2.0 %5 7193968572

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 · Sven MIKSER”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197497&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 · Sven MIKSER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197497&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197497&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}
}