Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Aurelijus VERYGA
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?
Showing Aurelijus VERYGA only. Show every member
Aurelijus VERYGA’s votes against the line, 22
Every vote in the selection where the member’s position differed from their group’s clear line, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Position | Clear line | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries | For | Against | ECR |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Impact of social media and the online environment on young people | For | Against | ECR |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole 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-tung | Abstained | For | ECR |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Final vote Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034 | For | Abstained | ECR |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Abstained | Against | ECR |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure | For | Abstained | ECR |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishment of the digital euro | For | Against | ECR |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Final vote General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products | Against | For | ECR |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities | Abstained | For | ECR |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s Office | For | Against | ECR |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole EU enlargement strategy | For | Abstained | ECR |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire | For | Abstained | ECR |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025 | For | Abstained | ECR |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Final 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 interest | For | Abstained | ECR |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs | For | Abstained | ECR |
| 7 May 2025 | Final vote Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office | Abstained | Against | ECR |
| 6 May 2025 | Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023 | For | Abstained | ECR |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Final vote Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals | Abstained | Against | ECR |
| 28 Nov 2024 | Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments | For | Against | ECR |
| 28 Nov 2024 | Final vote — text as a whole Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud | Abstained | For | ECR |
| 24 Oct 2024 | Final vote — text as a whole People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan | Abstained | For | ECR |
| 24 Oct 2024 | Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia | For | Abstained | ECR |
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.
| Member | Against the line | Clear-line votes | Opposite | Abstained | Other | With own party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelijus VERYGA , ECR · Lithuania | 4.8 % | 462 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 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).
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Permalink
- https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256811&scope=final&to=2026-09-25
- Data source
- 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
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Aurelijus VERYGA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256811&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.
BibTeX
@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 · Aurelijus VERYGA}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256811&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256811&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}
}