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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · David CASA

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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David CASA’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 Strengthening global health resilience in partner countriesAbstainedForEPP
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Impact of social media and the online environment on young peopleAbstainedForEPP
16 Sept 2026Final vote Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034AbstainedForEPP
15 Sept 2026Final vote Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitivenessAgainstForEPP
8 Jul 2026Final 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 equalityAbstainedForEPP
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForEPP
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political ForumAbstainedForEPP
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sectorAbstainedForEPP
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Competition policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForEPP
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedForEPP
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU responseAbstainedForEPP
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedForEPP
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedForEPP
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AbstainedForEPP
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole EU enlargement strategyAgainstForEPP
11 Mar 2026Final 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 sectorsAbstainedForEPP
12 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAgainstForEPP
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025AbstainedForEPP
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForEPP
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budgetAbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Decision to maintain the action Final vote Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposalForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Final vote Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstForEPP
13 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of SingaporeForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitivenessAbstainedForEPP
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAbstainedForEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policyAgainstForEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets UnionAgainstForEPP
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2023 and 2024 reports on UkraineAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political ForumAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2025Final vote Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AbstainedForEPP
8 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Competition policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
7 May 2025Request for urgent procedure Final vote Amending of Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challengesAgainstForEPP
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 2024AbstainedForEPP
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAbstainedForEPP
13 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the CongoAbstainedForEPP
12 Feb 2025Final vote Administrative cooperation in the field of taxationAbstainedForEPP
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 rightsForAgainstEPP
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 RussiaAbstainedForEPP
14 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)AbstainedForEPP
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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
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForEPP

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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
David CASA , EPP · Malta 9.3 %5501239036

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 · David CASA”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=28122&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 · David CASA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=28122&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=28122&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}
}