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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Francesco TORSELLI

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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Francesco TORSELLI’s votes against the line, 54

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 57, adding text after paragraph 5 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedForECR
15 Sept 2026Separate vote on paragraph 4 Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAgainstForECR
9 Jul 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 4 Joint communication on humanitarian aidForAgainstECR
9 Jul 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 5 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanForAgainstECR
9 Jul 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishment of the digital euroForAgainstECR
8 Jul 2026Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 61 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2026Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 61 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2026Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 5 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2026Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 4 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2026Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 3 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForECR
8 Jul 2026Amendment 19 to paragraph 29 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForECR
18 Jun 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 25 Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and FinlandAbstainedAgainstECR
18 Jun 2026Amendment 2, adding text after recital D Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina FasoForAgainstECR
16 Jun 2026Proposal to vote on amendments Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)AbstainedForECR
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 53 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedAgainstECR
21 May 2026Paragraph 56 — part 2 The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forwardAgainstForECR
21 May 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 12 Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in IranAbstainedAgainstECR
20 May 2026Amendment 16 to paragraph 54 EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution)AbstainedForECR
29 Apr 2026Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 33 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstECR
29 Apr 2026Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 5 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AbstainedForECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social CommitteeAbstainedAgainstECR
29 Apr 2026Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 11 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAbstainedForECR
28 Apr 2026Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 31 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstECR
28 Apr 2026Amendment 61 to paragraph 26 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedForECR
28 Apr 2026Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 4 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedForECR
28 Apr 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 4 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedForECR
28 Apr 2026Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 120 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstECR
10 Mar 2026Paragraph 16 — part 7 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAgainstForECR
10 Mar 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency lawAgainstForECR
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 22 — part 2 Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategyAbstainedAgainstECR
10 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Framework for achieving climate neutralityForAgainstECR
10 Feb 2026Proposal to reject the text Framework for achieving climate neutralityAbstainedForECR
21 Jan 2026Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 27 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
17 Dec 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needsAbstainedForECR
13 Nov 2025Final vote Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Amendment 103, adding text after recital 3 Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstForECR
23 Oct 2025Proposal to reject the text Final vote Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)AgainstForECR
9 Sept 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAgainstForECR
9 Sept 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 39 Public procurementAbstainedAgainstECR
10 Jul 2025Amendment 7 to paragraph 13 Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictionsAbstainedAgainstECR
9 Jul 2025Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 31 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaAbstainedForECR
8 May 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean MON 87705 × MON 87708 × MON 89788AgainstForECR
8 May 2025Amendment 6 to paragraph 16 Banking Union – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
6 May 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 1 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023AbstainedForECR
3 Apr 2025Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Establishing an EU talent poolAbstainedAgainstECR
2 Apr 2025Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 11 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIAbstainedForECR
11 Feb 2025Separate vote on paragraph 25 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
11 Feb 2025Amendment 26 to paragraph 18 European Central Bank – annual report 2024AbstainedForECR
19 Dec 2024Paragraph 1, point af — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedAgainstECR
28 Nov 2024Recital F — part 2 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedAgainstECR
Show all 54 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
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 12 — part 2 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedForECR
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 10 — part 2 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedAgainstECR
23 Oct 2024Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 4 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstECR
23 Oct 2024Amendment 5, adding text before paragraph 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstECR

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
Francesco TORSELLI , ECR · Italy 1.1 %5 0191737046

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 · Francesco TORSELLI”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257163&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 · Francesco TORSELLI}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257163&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257163&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}
}