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All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · Pernando BARRENA ARZA

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
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Pernando BARRENA ARZA’s votes against the line, 124

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 2026Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 10 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForThe Left
17 Sept 2026Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 8 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForThe Left
17 Sept 2026Amendment 30 to paragraph 7 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForThe Left
17 Sept 2026Amendment 29 to paragraph 6 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForThe Left
17 Sept 2026Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 4 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForThe Left
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 2 — part 1 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForThe Left
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 1 — part 2 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForThe Left
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upAbstainedAgainstThe Left
17 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 3 Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tungAbstainedForThe Left
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 71 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedAgainstThe Left
8 Jul 2026Paragraph 27 — part 4 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedAgainstThe Left
8 Jul 2026Amendment 20 to paragraph 33 EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)AbstainedForThe Left
8 Jul 2026Final vote EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership AgreementAbstainedAgainstThe Left
18 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra PulinovichAbstainedForThe Left
17 Jun 2026Amendment 6, adding text after Recital J 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAgainstAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 38 — part 1 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAgainstForThe Left
16 Jun 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 5 European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities fundedAbstainedForThe Left
20 May 2026Amendments 25 + 38 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point af Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basinsForAbstainedThe Left
20 May 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 42 The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basinsAgainstForThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2032): Implementing ProtocolForAgainstThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EC-São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025–2029): Implementing ProtocolForAgainstThe Left
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentForAbstainedThe Left
30 Apr 2026Amendment 2 to paragraph 5 Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in VenezuelaAgainstAbstainedThe Left
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 15 — part 2 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 5 — part 2 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 15 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForThe Left
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 177, point vii — part 2 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForThe Left
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Enhancing connectivity, preserving cultural heritage and driving local excellence in European tourism – destination management and regional tourism growthAbstainedForThe Left
28 Apr 2026Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 3 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AbstainedForThe Left
28 Apr 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 2 — part 2 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AbstainedForThe Left
28 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 115 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AbstainedForThe Left
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gearForAgainstThe Left
17 Dec 2025Separate vote on recital Q European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AgainstForThe Left
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needsForAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2025Recital J — part 2 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAgainstThe Left
22 Oct 2025Separate vote on recital D Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
9 Oct 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024AbstainedForThe Left
8 Oct 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement – Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement for 2025-2029ForAgainstThe Left
8 Oct 2025Amendment 113 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstThe Left
8 Oct 2025Amendment 125 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAbstainedAgainstThe Left
8 Oct 2025Amendment 124 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstThe Left
11 Sept 2025Separate vote on paragraph 19 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionAbstainedForThe Left
11 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and streamlining of EU internal market rules to strengthen the single marketAbstainedAgainstThe Left
10 Sept 2025Amendment 4, adding text after recital F Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceAgainstAbstainedThe Left
10 Sept 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 16 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceAgainstAbstainedThe Left
10 Sept 2025Paragraph 12 — part 1 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interferenceAbstainedForThe Left
10 Sept 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of VanuatuForAgainstThe Left
10 Sept 2025Final vote Insolvency proceedings: replacing Annexes A and BAbstainedForThe Left
10 Sept 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Securities settlement in the EU and central securities depositories (CSDs): shorter settlement cycle in the UnionAgainstAbstainedThe Left
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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
10 Jul 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 14 Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictionsForAgainstThe Left
10 Jul 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 13 Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictionsAgainstForThe Left
10 Jul 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 7 — part 1 Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in DamascusAbstainedForThe Left
9 Jul 2025Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAgainstForThe Left
8 Jul 2025Separate vote on citation 11 Security of energy supply in the EUAgainstForThe Left
8 Jul 2025Paragraph 49 — part 2 Security of energy supply in the EUAbstainedForThe Left
8 Jul 2025Final vote Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026ForAbstainedThe Left
19 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliAbstainedForThe Left
19 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 6 Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliAbstainedForThe Left
19 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in IranAbstainedForThe Left
18 Jun 2025Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 37 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaForAgainstThe Left
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAbstainedForThe Left
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 19 — part 4 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAgainstForThe Left
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 19 — part 3 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience FacilityAgainstForThe Left
16 Jun 2025Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the PPE, S&D and Renew groups Final vote Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE, S&D and Renew groupsAgainstAbstainedThe Left
22 May 2025Final vote Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2026-2027 complementing Horizon EuropeForAbstainedThe Left
8 May 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 1 Banking Union – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedThe Left
8 May 2025Final vote The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)AbstainedAgainstThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 18 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 37 A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAbstainedAgainstThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 96 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 47 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European OmbudsmanAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 11 — part 1 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European UnionAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 2 to paragraph 11 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European UnionAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 251 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 224 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForThe Left
7 May 2025Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 185 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForThe Left
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023AbstainedForThe Left
6 May 2025A10–0064/2025 — Adam Jarubas — Consent procedure Final vote Amendments to the International Health Regulations contained in the Annex to Resolution WHA77.17 and adopted on 1 June 2024AbstainedForThe Left
2 Apr 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 87 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedThe Left
2 Apr 2025Amendment 30 to paragraph 8 — part 1 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForThe Left
2 Apr 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)ForAgainstThe Left
2 Apr 2025Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstThe Left
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 15 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionForAgainstThe Left
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 8 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAbstainedThe Left
12 Mar 2025Separate vote on paragraph 5 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAbstainedThe Left
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 10 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025AbstainedAgainstThe Left
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 10 — part 1 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025AbstainedAgainstThe Left
12 Mar 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Norway Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European UnionAgainstAbstainedThe Left
11 Mar 2025Final vote Verification of credentialsAgainstForThe Left
11 Feb 2025Paragraph 32 — part 1 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstThe Left
11 Feb 2025Separate vote on paragraph 25 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstThe Left
11 Feb 2025Paragraph 23 — part 1 European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstThe Left
11 Feb 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol (2024-2029) implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cabo VerdeForAgainstThe Left
23 Jan 2025Paragraph 14 — part 1 Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against UkraineAbstainedForThe Left
19 Dec 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution 11th year of the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Crimea, notably the cases of Iryna Danylovych, Tofik Abdulhaziiev and Amet SuleymanovAbstainedForThe Left
17 Dec 2024Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 12 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023AgainstForThe Left
17 Dec 2024Final vote Specific measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for Member States affected by natural disastersAgainstForThe Left
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 19 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
26 Nov 2024Amendment 1, adding text after recital K Genetically modified maize DP202216AgainstForThe Left
26 Nov 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 Genetically modified maize DP202216AgainstForThe Left
26 Nov 2024Amendment 1, adding text after recital K Genetically modified maize DP23211AgainstForThe Left
26 Nov 2024Amendment 1, adding text after recital L Genetically modified maize DP915635AgainstForThe Left
26 Nov 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 Genetically modified maize DP23211AgainstForThe Left
26 Nov 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 Genetically modified maize DP915635AgainstForThe Left
26 Nov 2024Amendment 1, adding text after recital O Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinationsAgainstForThe Left
26 Nov 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinationsAgainstForThe Left
26 Nov 2024Amendment 1, adding text after recital O Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603AgainstForThe Left
14 Nov 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 131 — part 1 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)ForAgainstThe Left
24 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around TaiwanAbstainedAgainstThe Left
24 Oct 2024Paragraph 6 — part 1 People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around TaiwanAbstainedForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstThe Left
22 Oct 2024Final vote Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to UkraineAbstainedForThe Left
9 Oct 2024Separate vote on recital C Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForThe Left
9 Oct 2024Amendment 2 to paragraph 11 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAgainstAbstainedThe Left
9 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 5 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForThe Left
19 Sept 2024Amendment 4 to paragraph 11 Situation in VenezuelaAgainstAbstainedThe Left
19 Sept 2024Amendment 11 to recital P Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForThe Left
19 Sept 2024Amendment 4 to paragraph 6 The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in CubaAbstainedForThe Left
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole The severe situation of political prisoners in BelarusAbstainedForThe Left
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 4 — part 2 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForThe Left

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
Pernando BARRENA ARZA , The Left · Spain 3.3 %3 7655750170

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 – 26 Sept 2026 · Pernando BARRENA ARZA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197684&to=2026-09-26 (retrieved 26 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-2026-09-26,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · Pernando BARRENA ARZA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197684&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197684&to=2026-09-26},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  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}
}