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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Radan KANEV

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 Term 2024 2025 2026 Last 6 months

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Votes Final votes620 All roll calls5 928

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Group Country Lead committee Topic (model-assigned) Contested votes only (largest side under 80 %)

Radan KANEV’s votes against the line, 20

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.
Date	Vote	Position	Clear line	Group
15 Sept 2026	Final vote — text as a whole The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027	Abstained	For	EPP
17 Jun 2026	Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)	Against	For	EPP
26 Mar 2026	Final 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 application	For	Against	EPP
11 Mar 2026	Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026	Abstained	For	EPP
10 Mar 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Public access to documents - report 2022 - 2024	Abstained	For	EPP
10 Mar 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing	Abstained	For	EPP
11 Feb 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Agreement establishing an association between the EU and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino	Abstained	For	EPP
20 Jan 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises	Abstained	For	EPP
20 Jan 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies	Abstained	For	EPP
26 Nov 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Protection of minors online	Abstained	For	EPP
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton MON 88913	Abstained	Against	EPP
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize DAS1131	Abstained	Against	EPP
25 Nov 2025	Final vote — text as a whole 2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget	Abstained	For	EPP
9 Oct 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Second World Summit for Social Development	Abstained	For	EPP
8 Oct 2025	Final vote Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States	Abstained	For	EPP
10 Sept 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis	Abstained	For	EPP
9 Jul 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Deforestation Regulation - list of countries presenting a low or high risk	Abstained	For	EPP
13 Mar 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees	Abstained	For	EPP
12 Mar 2025	Final vote — text as a whole The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria	Abstained	For	EPP
12 Feb 2025	Final vote Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation	Abstained	For	EPP

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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).
Member	Against the line	Clear-line votes	Opposite	Abstained	Other	With own party
Radan KANEV , EPP · Bulgaria	4.7 %	425	2	18	0	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).

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197839&scope=final&to=2026-09-25
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
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

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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 · Radan KANEV”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197839&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 · Radan KANEV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197839&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197839&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}
}