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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Mika AALTOLA

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

Showing Mika AALTOLA only. Show every member

Mika AALTOLA’s votes against the line, 55

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 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 48 — part 3 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 43 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 19 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstAbstainedEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 16 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 6 — part 5 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 36 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027ForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 9 to paragraph 87 Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth GuaranteeForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Final vote Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation FundAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2026Amendment 1 to recital E Ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacreForAgainstEPP
7 Jul 2026Amendment 9 to paragraph 21 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Final vote General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsAgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 4 to Article 1, paragraph 1, after point 1; Directive (EU) 2020/262 General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 93 to recital 18 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 92 to recital 15 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 91, adding text after Recital 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 90, adding text after Recital 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 89 to recital 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 67 + 70 (voted as one) to Article 20 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 60 + 61 (voted as one) to Article 16 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 96 to Article 12, after paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 95 to Article 12, paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 94 to Article 12, after paragraph 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
20 May 2026Separate vote on citation 25 Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU responseAgainstForEPP
30 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 28 — part 2 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 28 — part 1 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 40 to paragraph 160, after point vii Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForEPP
10 Feb 2026Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 20 European Central Bank – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 163 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 interestAgainstForEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 162 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 interestAgainstForEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 159 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 interestAgainstForEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 158 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 interestAgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Recital E — part 2 European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’AgainstForEPP
17 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersAgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Decision to maintain the action Final vote Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposalForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Recital J — part 1 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAgainstForEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 118, adding text after paragraph 35 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstEPP
20 Oct 2025Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group Final vote Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR GroupAbstainedAgainstEPP
9 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 5 Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesAbstainedAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 137 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 125 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
9 Sept 2025Separate vote on recital H Public procurementAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote on motion B10-0316/2025 Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that listForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole (B10-0315/2025) Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that listForAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 289 to Article 12, paragraph 3, after subparagraph 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAgainstEPP
18 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 8 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstEPP
Show all 55 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
12 Mar 2025Amendment 108 to paragraph 68 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstEPP
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
11 Feb 2025Amendment 17, adding text before recital A European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
14 Nov 2024Amendment 9 to recital A UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)ForAgainstEPP
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
Mika AALTOLA , EPP · Finland 1.2 %4 673513125

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 · Mika AALTOLA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256810&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.
BibTeX 
@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 · Mika AALTOLA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256810&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256810&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}
}