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Branko GRIMS

No group · Slovenia

Group
No group NI Changed group: EPP 16 Jul 2024 – 8 Jul 2026 → No group since 9 Jul 2026
Country
Slovenia
Roll-call participation
89.0 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes Changed group in this period: not compared with a single group’s median.
With majority line
79.2 %ⓘ of 510 votes where the group had a line · compared per group under Record
More facts (4)
National party
SDS Slovenska demokratska stranka
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
68 of 470 votesⓘ
Member id
220908
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

89.0 %

552 of 620 final votes while in office

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

79.2 %

404 of 510 votes where their group had a line

Against clear line ⓘ

14.5 %

68 of 470 votes where their group had a clear line

27 opposite (for ↔ against), 41 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

8.3 %

46 of 552 votes cast

Compared with each group they sat in

The member’s record in each group they sat in during the period, over the roll calls held while they sat in it (dates: the first and last of them). Each figure with its denominator: participation of the roll calls held, majority line of the votes where the group had one, against clear line of the votes where it had a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting), abstention of the votes cast. Median: that group’s median over the same roll calls, with the member’s difference in percentage points. A figure over fewer than 50 votes is shown as a count.
GroupParticipationWith majority lineAgainst clear lineAbstention
EPP 17 Jul 2024 – 8 Jul 202688.2 % of 578 median 90.6 % (−2.3 pts)79.2 % of 510 median 95.6 % (−16.4 pts)14.5 % of 4708.0 % of 510
No group 9 Jul 2026 – 17 Sept 202642 of 42 no group lineno group line5 of 42
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
  • This member changed group in this period: each vote counts them in the group of that day, and they are compared with each group over the roll calls held while they sat in it — not with one group’s median.

Votes, 5 928

Export

Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 5 469 for, 60 against, 153 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 3 325 for, 294 against, 56 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 469 for, 162 against, 54 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 2, adding text after recital P 129 for, 499 against, 55 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 13, adding text after recital K 139 for, 471 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 1, adding text after recital F 175 for, 484 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 41 175 for, 463 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 35 172 for, 473 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 35 122 for, 504 against, 50 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Paragraph 35 — part 2 501 for, 164 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Paragraph 32 — part 2 529 for, 132 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 31 103 for, 531 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Paragraph 29 — part 2 487 for, 137 against, 49 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 23 74 for, 521 against, 82 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 23 115 for, 543 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 21 138 for, 378 against, 159 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 21 109 for, 556 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 2 535 for, 72 against, 71 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 1 525 for, 129 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 9 122 for, 506 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 5 112 for, 531 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 139 for, 392 against, 139 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 3 to paragraph 4 115 for, 508 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Paragraph 3 — part 2 465 for, 187 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025 Amendment 15 to paragraph 3 — part 2 188 for, 460 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
12 Mar 2025Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 521 for, 90 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025EU-Norway Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 525 for, 5 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions – 2026 11-12 November 294 for, 77 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2025Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 472 for, 75 against, 92 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2025Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 57 210 for, 449 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
11 Mar 2025Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 57 206 for, 456 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
11 Mar 2025Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 51 191 for, 450 against, 26 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2025Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 4 190 for, 469 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
11 Mar 2025European Social Fund Plus post-2027 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 432 for, 155 against, 82 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2025European Social Fund Plus post-2027 Amendment 1 176 for, 468 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
11 Mar 2025Verification of credentials Final voteAdopted 643 for, 10 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2025Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 499 for, 117 against, 44 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Mar 2025Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ESN Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ESN Group 109 for, 317 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
10 Mar 2025Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group 110 for, 309 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 443 for, 4 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 20 62 for, 408 against, 60 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Amendment 2 to paragraph 17 114 for, 401 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Paragraph 15 — part 2 489 for, 4 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Paragraph 15 — part 1 426 for, 78 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Amendment 1 to paragraph 15 102 for, 406 against, 23 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 400 for, 63 against, 81 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Separate vote on paragraph 11 475 for, 14 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Amendment 4 to paragraph 11 142 for, 281 against, 108 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Separate vote on paragraph 10 464 for, 13 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Amendment 3 to paragraph 27 282 for, 207 against, 60 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 10 of 80 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within the same group (on the day of each vote)

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Zala ČERNILEC TOMAŠIČ EPPSlovenia84 % of 4 896 shared89 %
Milan ZVER EPPSlovenia83 % of 4 622 shared89 %
Romana TOMC EPPSlovenia81 % of 4 850 shared89 %
Davor Ivo STIER EPPCroatia76 % of 4 173 shared89 %
Matej TONIN EPPSlovenia76 % of 4 969 shared89 %
Tomislav SOKOL EPPCroatia75 % of 4 679 shared89 %
Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO EPPItaly74 % of 2 288 shared89 %
Željana ZOVKO EPPCroatia74 % of 4 063 shared89 %
Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA EPPSpain74 % of 1 294 shared89 %
Eszter LAKOS EPPHungary74 % of 2 770 shared89 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Aurelijus VERYGA ECRLithuania73 % of 4 970 shared50 %
Stephen Nikola BARTULICA ECRCroatia72 % of 4 500 shared50 %
Mario MANTOVANI ECRItaly72 % of 3 844 shared50 %
Jaak MADISON ECREstonia72 % of 4 530 shared50 %
Alessandro CIRIANI ECRItaly71 % of 4 698 shared50 %
Ruggero RAZZA ECRItaly71 % of 4 189 shared50 %
Antonella SBERNA ECRItaly71 % of 4 679 shared50 %
Alberico GAMBINO ECRItaly71 % of 4 033 shared50 %
Carlo CICCIOLI ECRItaly71 % of 4 551 shared50 %
Nicola PROCACCINI ECRItaly71 % of 4 651 shared50 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Intergroup on DemographyIG10-09 Intergroup / working groupMember27 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and LanguagesIG10-25 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Committee on Constitutional AffairsAFCO CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 20248 Jul 2026
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE CommitteeMember19 Jul 20248 Jul 2026
Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyD-UK Joint parliamentary committeeSubstitute19 Sept 20248 Jul 2026
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 20248 Jul 2026
Delegation to the Caribbean-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDCAB Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 20248 Jul 2026

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative processShadow rapporteurAFCO22 Oct 2025

Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

18 contributions recorded; 20 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
27 Apr 2026One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
25 Mar 2026One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
9 Mar 2026One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
9 Feb 2026One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
19 Jan 2026One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
15 Dec 2025One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
24 Nov 2025One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
12 Nov 2025One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
20 Oct 2025One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
6 Oct 2025One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead

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Questions and motions, 63

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
27 Aug 2026The EU’s deadly anti-racism ideology: the death of Henry Nowak E-10-2026-003350Written questionwith 22 co-authorsNot yet answered
31 Jul 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need to combat migrant grooming gangs B-10-2026-0373Motion for a resolutionwith 80 co-authors—
21 Apr 2026Selective penalisation of religious expression in European football and consistency with EU fundamental rights E-10-2026-001627Written questionwith 20 co-authors1 Jul 2026
16 Apr 2026Antifa=Terrorists: zero tolerance for political violence in Europe E-10-2026-001569Written questionwith 28 co-authors15 Jun 2026
15 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU-funded media attacking Christian symbols while applying double standards B-10-2026-0184Motion for a resolutionwith 27 co-authors—
10 Apr 2026EU budget and equality policy – promoting LGBTQ projects over family policy E-10-2026-001469Written questionwith 22 co-authors30 Jun 2026
8 Apr 2026Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework Regulation E-10-2026-001410Written questionwith 25 co-authors18 Jun 2026
8 Apr 2026De facto mandatory nature of the codes of conduct on disinformation and hate speech E-10-2026-001432Written questionwith 23 co-authors15 Jun 2026
20 Mar 2026Does the Commission intend to address electoral procedures, such as rules governing early voting, in its future reports on the rule of law in Slovenia? E-10-2026-001170Written question5 Jun 2026
5 Mar 2026Anti-fascist movements and political violence – the real threat to democracy E-10-2026-000925Written questionwith 62 co-authors29 Apr 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 1

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
5 Jun 2025Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process AFCO-AM-774332 AFCO22

Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political groups this term

National delegation

  • Delegation Slovenia National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version e994c83b5003 (27 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
27 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Branko GRIMS”. Member record. memberId 220908. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220908?page=106&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/220908. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/220908?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-220908,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Branko GRIMS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220908?page=106&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220908?page=106&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-27},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 220908. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/220908. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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}
}