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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Ana Catarina MENDES

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 Ana Catarina MENDES only. Show every member

Ana Catarina MENDES’s votes against the line, 57

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
15 Sept 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 48 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstS&D
15 Sept 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 24 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedAgainstS&D
15 Sept 2026Final vote Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowancesAgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on recital F EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)AgainstForS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 7 to paragraph 1, after point d Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the regionForAgainstS&D
18 Jun 2026Separate vote on recital A Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and FinlandAgainstForS&D
18 Jun 2026Vote on text inserted after recital C Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra PulinovichAgainstAbstainedS&D
17 Jun 2026Final vote General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsAbstainedAgainstS&D
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AbstainedAgainstS&D
30 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 20 Banking Union – annual report 2025ForAbstainedS&D
29 Apr 2026Amendment 96 to Article 2, paragraph 1, point 2, point b Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsAgainstAbstainedS&D
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 39 — part 3 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AgainstForS&D
26 Mar 2026Amendment 102 to Article 1 Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)ForAgainstS&D
26 Mar 2026Amendment 60, adding text after recital 9 Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of AmericaAgainstAbstainedS&D
25 Mar 2026Thursday's agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group — Request for withdrawal from voting time Final vote Thursday's agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group – Request for withdrawal from voting timeAbstainedAgainstS&D
10 Feb 2026Separate vote on paragraph 25 European Central Bank – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Paragraph 21 — part 2 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Paragraph 49 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 32 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAbstainedS&D
17 Dec 2025Amendment 6 to recital N European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ForAgainstS&D
27 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 199 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementAgainstForS&D
25 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 28 Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAgainstForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 4 to Article 1 Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association ProcessForAgainstS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 89 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForS&D
13 Nov 2025Amendment 376 to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2025Paragraph 78 — part 1 UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30)AgainstForS&D
23 Oct 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 23 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 23 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 23 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAgainstS&D
23 Oct 2025Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 9 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitForAbstainedS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 18 Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedyForAbstainedS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 23 Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiationsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 145, adding text after paragraph 67 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 104 to paragraph 58 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 57 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 33 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForS&D
22 Oct 2025Amendment 72, adding text after paragraph 22 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsForAgainstS&D
22 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 7 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sectionsAgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399AbstainedForS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 11 to paragraph 14 Competition policy – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedS&D
8 May 2025Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 11 Competition policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 23 2023 and 2024 reports on TürkiyeForAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Amendment 48, adding text after paragraph 145 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsForAgainstS&D
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 4 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Amendment 33 to paragraph 31 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAgainstS&D
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 44 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForS&D
11 Feb 2025Paragraph 27 — part 1 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
28 Nov 2024Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 19 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaForAgainstS&D
Show all 57 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
14 Nov 2024Paragraph 66 — part 2 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)AgainstForS&D
23 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 31 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForS&D
19 Sept 2024Amendment 3 to paragraph 3 Situation in VenezuelaForAbstainedS&D
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 2 Situation in VenezuelaAbstainedAgainstS&D
19 Sept 2024Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 6 The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in CubaAgainstForS&D
19 Sept 2024Amendment 4 to paragraph 6 The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in CubaAgainstForS&D
19 Sept 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 6 The severe situation of political prisoners in BelarusAbstainedAgainstS&D

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
Ana Catarina MENDES , S&D · Portugal 1.1 %5 274371195

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 · Ana Catarina MENDES”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257053&scope=all&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 — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Ana Catarina MENDES}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257053&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257053&scope=all&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}
}