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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · Cecilia STRADA

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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Cecilia STRADA’s votes against the line, 34

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 2026Final vote — text as a whole Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructureAgainstForS&D
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)AgainstForS&D
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)AgainstForS&D
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)AgainstForS&D
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForS&D
18 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and FinlandAbstainedForS&D
28 Apr 2026Final vote Generalised scheme of tariff preferencesAbstainedForS&D
26 Mar 2026Final vote Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challengesAgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
17 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needsAgainstForS&D
17 Dec 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Military MobilityAgainstForS&D
16 Dec 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe PlanAgainstForS&D
27 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForS&D
26 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weaponsForAbstainedS&D
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimesAbstainedForS&D
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAbstainedForS&D
9 Oct 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion of censure on the CommissionAbstainedAgainstS&D
9 Oct 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion of censure on the CommissionAbstainedAgainstS&D
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAbstainedForS&D
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civiliansAbstainedForS&D
7 May 2025Final vote Discharge 2023: AgenciesAgainstForS&D
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 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForS&D
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForS&D
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedForS&D
19 Dec 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedForS&D
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 RussiaAbstainedForS&D
27 Nov 2024Election election of the commission Final vote Election of the CommissionAgainstForS&D
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForS&D
17 Jul 2024Final vote — text as a whole The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForS&D

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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).
MemberAgainst the lineClear-line votesOppositeAbstainedOtherWith own party
Cecilia STRADA , S&D · Italy 6.0 %567132011

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 – 26 Sept 2026 · Cecilia STRADA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257101&scope=final&to=2026-09-26 (retrieved 26 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-2026-09-26,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026 · Cecilia STRADA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257101&scope=final&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257101&scope=final&to=2026-09-26},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  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}
}