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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Ilia LAZAROV

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 Term 2024 2025 2026 Last 6 months

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Votes Final votes620 All roll calls5 928

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Showing Ilia LAZAROV only. Show every member

Group Country Lead committee Topic (model-assigned) Contested votes only (largest side under 80 %)

Ilia LAZAROV’s votes against the line, 30

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.
Date	Vote	Position	Clear line	Group
17 Sept 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Impact of social media and the online environment on young people	Against	For	EPP
16 Sept 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6	For	Against	EPP
9 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan	Against	For	EPP
8 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality	Abstained	For	EPP
8 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Serbia	Abstained	For	EPP
8 Jul 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Lead in certain fishing tackle	For	Against	EPP
7 Jul 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum	Against	For	EPP
17 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia	Against	For	EPP
17 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Türkiye	Abstained	For	EPP
30 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities	Abstained	For	EPP
29 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report	Against	For	EPP
28 Apr 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Enhancing connectivity, preserving cultural heritage and driving local excellence in European tourism – destination management and regional tourism growth	Abstained	For	EPP
28 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU	Against	For	EPP
11 Mar 2026	Final vote — text as a whole EU enlargement strategy	Against	For	EPP
11 Mar 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors	Abstained	For	EPP
11 Mar 2026	Final vote Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application	Abstained	For	EPP
10 Mar 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishing an EU talent pool	Against	For	EPP
20 Jan 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises	Abstained	For	EPP
20 Jan 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies	Abstained	For	EPP
18 Dec 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan	Abstained	For	EPP
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton MON 88913	For	Against	EPP
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize DAS1131	For	Against	EPP
25 Nov 2025	Final vote — text as a whole 2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget	Abstained	For	EPP
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Impact of artificial intelligence on the financial sector	Abstained	For	EPP
25 Nov 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded	Abstained	For	EPP
9 Oct 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Second World Summit for Social Development	Abstained	For	EPP
9 Oct 2025	Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement	Against	For	EPP
9 Sept 2025	Final vote — text as a whole EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution)	Abstained	For	EPP
2 Apr 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024	Abstained	For	EPP
28 Nov 2024	Final vote — text as a whole Hong Kong, notably the cases of Jimmy Lai and the 45 activists recently convicted under the national security law	Abstained	For	EPP

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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).
Member	Against the line	Clear-line votes	Opposite	Abstained	Other	With own party
Ilia LAZAROV , EPP · Bulgaria	6.3 %	473	13	17	0	0

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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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257261&scope=final&to=2026-09-25
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version: 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
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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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 · Ilia LAZAROV”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257261&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 · Ilia LAZAROV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257261&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=257261&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}
}