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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Sebastian EVERDING

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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Sebastian EVERDING’s votes against the line, 62

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
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and HerzegovinaForAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on AlbaniaForAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on MontenegroForAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on TürkiyeForAbstainedThe Left
17 Jun 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination (Resolution)AgainstForThe Left
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countriesAbstainedAgainstThe Left
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic valuesForAbstainedThe Left
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and SteelAgainstAbstainedThe Left
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForThe Left
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in IranForAbstainedThe Left
21 May 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)ForAbstainedThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole 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 basinsAgainstAbstainedThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE InstrumentAbstainedAgainstThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedAgainstThe Left
19 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelinesForAbstainedThe Left
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentAgainstAbstainedThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAbstainedThe Left
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquacultureAgainstAbstainedThe Left
26 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientationAbstainedAgainstThe Left
26 Mar 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-China Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXVAgainstAbstainedThe Left
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Tackling barriers to the single market for defenceForAgainstThe Left
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 sovereigntyForAgainstThe Left
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026AbstainedAgainstThe Left
10 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAbstainedAgainstThe Left
17 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
16 Dec 2025Final vote Providing macro-financial assistance to JordanForAbstainedThe Left
16 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe PlanAbstainedAgainstThe Left
27 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementForAbstainedThe Left
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 3/2025: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updatesAbstainedForThe Left
23 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAbstainedThe Left
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
8 Oct 2025Final vote Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForThe Left
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets UnionAbstainedAgainstThe Left
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution)ForAbstainedThe Left
9 Sept 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedAgainstThe Left
10 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictionsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
10 Jul 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion of censure on the CommissionAbstainedForThe Left
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaForAbstainedThe Left
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and HerzegovinaForAbstainedThe Left
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on AlbaniaForAbstainedThe Left
8 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 (Resolution)AbstainedForThe Left
8 Jul 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030AgainstForThe Left
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaForAbstainedThe Left
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on MontenegroForAbstainedThe Left
8 May 2025Final vote Suspending certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the European UnionForAgainstThe Left
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on SerbiaForAbstainedThe 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
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAbstainedThe Left
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing worldAbstainedAgainstThe Left
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023ForAgainstThe Left
3 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAbstainedThe Left
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAbstainedThe Left
1 Apr 2025Final vote Macro-financial assistance to JordanForAbstainedThe Left
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025AbstainedAgainstThe Left
23 Jan 2025Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025AbstainedAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
27 Nov 2024Joint text Final vote 2025 budgetary procedure: Joint textAbstainedAgainstThe 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 TaiwanForAgainstThe Left
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole Situation in VenezuelaAbstainedAgainstThe 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 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
Sebastian EVERDING , The Left · Germany · left on 12 Sept 2026 13.8 %4491023290

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 · Sebastian EVERDING”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256961&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 · Sebastian EVERDING}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256961&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=256961&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}
}