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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Volker SCHNURRBUSCH

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

Volker SCHNURRBUSCH’s votes against the line, 47

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 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up	For	Abstained	ESN
16 Sept 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy	Abstained	Against	ESN
18 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich	For	Abstained	ESN
17 Jun 2026	Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina	Abstained	Against	ESN
17 Jun 2026	Final vote European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF): access to VAT information at Union level	Abstained	Against	ESN
20 May 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly	Abstained	Against	ESN
20 May 2026	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument	Abstained	Against	ESN
29 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty - Belgium	For	Against	ESN
28 Apr 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Control, transparency and traceability of performance-based instruments	For	Against	ESN
28 Apr 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024	For	Against	ESN
26 Mar 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/007 BE/Casa - Belgium	For	Against	ESN
26 Mar 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/005 AT/KTM - Austria	For	Against	ESN
26 Mar 2026	Final vote Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods	For	Abstained	ESN
26 Mar 2026	Final vote Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America	For	Abstained	ESN
26 Mar 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Combating corruption	For	Abstained	ESN
12 Mar 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects	For	Abstained	ESN
12 Mar 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime	Abstained	Against	ESN
11 Mar 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty	For	Against	ESN
11 Mar 2026	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – Belgium	For	Against	ESN
10 Mar 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies	For	Abstained	ESN
10 Mar 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges	Abstained	Against	ESN
12 Feb 2026	Final vote on the provisional agreement Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain	For	Abstained	ESN
12 Feb 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in Iran	For	Abstained	ESN
11 Feb 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/006 BE/Audi – Belgium	For	Against	ESN
22 Jan 2026	Final vote — text as a whole Brutal repression against protesters in Iran	For	Abstained	ESN
21 Jan 2026	Final vote on motion B10-0060/2026 Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)	Against	For	ESN
16 Dec 2025	Final vote Providing macro-financial assistance to Jordan	Against	For	ESN
16 Dec 2025	Final vote Brexit Adjustment Reserve	For	Abstained	ESN
27 Nov 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya	For	Abstained	ESN
27 Nov 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement	Abstained	Against	ESN
27 Nov 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani	For	Against	ESN
27 Nov 2025	Final vote Amending Regulations on the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and on the single digital gateway as regards certain harmonisation requirements on transparency	Abstained	Against	ESN
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize MON 87427	Abstained	For	ESN
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean MON 87708	Abstained	For	ESN
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton MON 88913	Abstained	For	ESN
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified oilseed rape MON 88302	Abstained	For	ESN
25 Nov 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize DAS1131	Abstained	For	ESN
25 Nov 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report)	Abstained	Against	ESN
21 Oct 2025	Final vote on the provisional agreement Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals	For	Against	ESN
21 Oct 2025	Final vote on the provisional agreement Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency	For	Against	ESN
21 Oct 2025	Final vote on the provisional agreement Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals	For	Against	ESN
8 Oct 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP51291	Against	For	ESN
8 Oct 2025	Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 – Germany	For	Against	ESN
10 Sept 2025	Final vote on the draft Council decision EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement	For	Abstained	ESN
8 Jul 2025	Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030	Abstained	Against	ESN
19 Jun 2025	Final vote Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability	For	Abstained	ESN
8 May 2025	Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean MON 87705 × MON 87708 × MON 89788	Abstained	For	ESN

By member, 1

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
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group , ESN · Germany	10.6 %	445	16	17	14	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=267485&scope=final&to=2026-09-25
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
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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 · Volker SCHNURRBUSCH”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=267485&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 · Volker SCHNURRBUSCH}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=267485&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=267485&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}
}