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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Bert-Jan RUISSEN

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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Bert-Jan RUISSEN’s votes against the line, 71

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 2026Final vote — text as a whole Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAbstainedAgainstECR
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sectorAbstainedForECR
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027AgainstAbstainedECR
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on MoldovaAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForECR
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedAgainstECR
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AbstainedForECR
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025AbstainedForECR
7 Jul 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2026/000 TA 2026 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the CommissionAgainstForECR
7 Jul 2026Request for urgent procedure Final vote Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuseForAgainstECR
18 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicinesAgainstForECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on AlbaniaAbstainedForECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on MontenegroAbstainedForECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsAgainstForECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstECR
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic valuesForAbstainedECR
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 fundedAgainstAbstainedECR
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/009 BE/SoliverAgainstForECR
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)ForAbstainedECR
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstAbstainedECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty - BelgiumAgainstForECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAbstainedAgainstECR
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedAgainstECR
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacementAgainstForECR
26 Mar 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa - BelgiumAgainstForECR
26 Mar 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/005 AT/KTM - AustriaAgainstForECR
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereigntyAbstainedForECR
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole 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 sectorsAgainstAbstainedECR
11 Mar 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – BelgiumAgainstForECR
24 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineAbstainedForECR
11 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/006 BE/Audi – BelgiumAgainstForECR
20 Jan 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertaintiesAbstainedForECR
20 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companiesAbstainedForECR
20 Jan 2026Final vote 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 interestAgainstAbstainedECR
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regimeAbstainedAgainstECR
16 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – SwedenAgainstForECR
16 Dec 2025Final vote Brexit Adjustment ReserveAgainstForECR
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western SaharaAgainstForECR
25 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Final vote Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdictionForAgainstECR
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAgainstAbstainedECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN – BelgiumAgainstForECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 – GermanyAgainstForECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAgainstForECR
7 Oct 2025Final vote Extension of the derogation for heavy-duty vehicles with zero emissionsForAgainstECR
7 Oct 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Inland waterway transport: River Information Systems (RIS)AgainstForECR
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisisAbstainedForECR
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets UnionAgainstAbstainedECR
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAbstainedForECR
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution)ForAbstainedECR
Show all 71 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
10 Jul 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion of censure on the CommissionAgainstForECR
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbstainedForECR
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaAbstainedForECR
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024AgainstForECR
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on MontenegroAbstainedForECR
8 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Banking Union – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedECR
8 May 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Ninth report on economic and social cohesionAbstainedForECR
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on KosovoAbstainedForECR
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action ServiceAbstainedForECR
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023ForAbstainedECR
3 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentAgainstForECR
2 Apr 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland AgreementAgainstForECR
11 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Social Fund Plus post-2027AgainstAbstainedECR
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsForAgainstECR
27 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Draft amending budget No 5/2024: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updatesAgainstForECR
14 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)AbstainedAgainstECR
24 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with ArmeniaForAbstainedECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agenciesAgainstForECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023AgainstForECR
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForECR
18 Sept 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methylAgainstForECR

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.

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
Bert-Jan RUISSEN , ECR · Netherlands 13.9 %5113027140

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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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 · Bert-Jan RUISSEN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197773&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 · Bert-Jan RUISSEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197773&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197773&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}
}