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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Petar VOLGIN

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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Petar VOLGIN’s votes against the line, 51

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
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sectorAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí NavarroAgainstForESN
17 Sept 2026Final 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-tungAgainstAbstainedESN
16 Sept 2026Final vote Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034AgainstForESN
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth GuaranteeForAgainstESN
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on SerbiaAbstainedAgainstESN
7 Jul 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Coordination of social security systemsForAbstainedESN
18 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Political repression and humanitarian situation in CubaAgainstAbstainedESN
18 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra PulinovichAgainstAbstainedESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on KosovoAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on AlbaniaAbstainedAgainstESN
17 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on MontenegroAbstainedAgainstESN
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesForAbstainedESN
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedAgainstESN
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision United Nations Convention against CybercrimeAgainstAbstainedESN
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation AgreementForAbstainedESN
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in VenezuelaAbstainedForESN
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Enhancing connectivity, preserving cultural heritage and driving local excellence in European tourism – destination management and regional tourism growthForAbstainedESN
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAgainstAbstainedESN
26 Mar 2026Final vote Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goodsAgainstAbstainedESN
26 Mar 2026Final vote Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of AmericaAgainstAbstainedESN
12 Mar 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspectsForAbstainedESN
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026AbstainedAgainstESN
10 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challengesForAgainstESN
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 housingAbstainedAgainstESN
12 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rightsAbstainedAgainstESN
12 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategyAbstainedAgainstESN
12 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chainForAbstainedESN
12 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretextsAbstainedForESN
10 Feb 2026Final vote European Union designs (codification)AgainstAbstainedESN
22 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructureAbstainedForESN
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 challengesAgainstAbstainedESN
22 Jan 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Case of Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African RepublicAbstainedForESN
20 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economiesAbstainedAgainstESN
23 Oct 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution InvestEU Fund strategic investments in the field of defenceForAgainstESN
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential electionsAgainstAbstainedESN
9 Oct 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution 10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in ChinaAgainstAbstainedESN
7 Oct 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Revision of the Visa Suspension MechanismAbstainedForESN
10 Jul 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African RepublicAbstainedForESN
19 Jun 2025Final vote Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityForAbstainedESN
19 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliAbstainedForESN
8 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by RussiaAgainstAbstainedESN
3 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative CommitteeAgainstAbstainedESN
1 Apr 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the USAForAbstainedESN
11 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Social Fund Plus post-2027AbstainedAgainstESN
23 Jan 2025Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025AgainstAbstainedESN
19 Dec 2024Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rightsForAgainstESN
18 Dec 2024Final vote — text as a whole Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of officeForAgainstESN
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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
23 Oct 2024Final vote Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member StatesForAgainstESN

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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
Petar VOLGIN , ESN · Bulgaria 9.4 %5438212217

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 · Petar VOLGIN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257260&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 · Petar VOLGIN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257260&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257260&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}
}