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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
93.2 %ⓘ of 2 891 roll calls in office · chamber median 91.2 % · 2025, roll calls
With majority line
68.5 %ⓘ of 2 695 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 93.5 %
More facts (4)
National party
SDS Slovenska demokratska stranka
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
751 of 2 556 votesⓘ
Member id
220908
More

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 ⓘ

93.2 %

2 695 of 2 891 roll calls while in office

EPP median: 91.0 % (+2.2 pts)

Chamber median: 91.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

68.5 %

1 846 of 2 695 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 93.5 % (−25.0 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

29.4 %

751 of 2 556 votes where their group had a clear line

532 opposite (for ↔ against), 212 abstained against the line, 7 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

8.2 %

220 of 2 695 votes cast

Participation 93.2 % — EPP median 91.0 %, 187 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Branko GRIMS93.2 %
EPP median91.0 %
Lowest in the group23.2 %
Highest in the group99.7 %
Members187
With majority line 68.5 % — EPP median 93.5 %, 187 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Branko GRIMS68.5 %
EPP median93.5 %
Lowest in the group66.7 %
Highest in the group98.9 %
Members187
  • 2025, 2 891 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of EPP; no ranks.
  • “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 during the term, but sat in EPP throughout this period; each vote counts them in the group of that day.

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
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 16 to paragraph 48 198 for, 417 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 43 198 for, 438 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 33 203 for, 425 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 33 238 for, 400 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 45 to paragraph 33 238 for, 398 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 44 to paragraph 24 368 for, 233 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 13 to paragraph 22 209 for, 433 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 19 203 for, 434 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 19 200 for, 432 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 12 to paragraph 19 199 for, 429 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 13 205 for, 436 against, 0 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 10 to paragraph 12 209 for, 432 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 9 to paragraph 11 159 for, 426 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 2 186 for, 434 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Paragraph 2 — part 2 591 for, 8 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 1 219 for, 412 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Final vote — text as a wholeDischarge decision adopted 454 for, 161 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor Final vote — text as a whole 528 for, 59 against, 62 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 20 217 for, 425 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 206 for, 272 against, 169 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Abstained
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Ombudsman Final vote — text as a whole 593 for, 14 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Committee of the Regions Final vote — text as a whole 567 for, 70 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee Final vote — text as a whole 478 for, 146 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Final vote — text as a whole 429 for, 145 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Separate vote on paragraph 71 458 for, 178 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 1 to paragraph 33 219 for, 418 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 27 211 for, 431 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 27 228 for, 264 against, 151 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Abstained
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 26 164 for, 389 against, 94 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors Final vote — text as a whole 343 for, 160 against, 150 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 15 — part 2 350 for, 269 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 15 — part 1 529 for, 105 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Final vote — text as a whole 526 for, 79 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Amendment 4 to recital C 210 for, 432 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Amendment 1 to recital C 210 for, 432 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Amendment 3 to paragraph 41 193 for, 450 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Amendment 2 to paragraph 5 205 for, 443 against, 4 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council Final vote — text as a whole 432 for, 160 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council Separate vote on paragraph 30 329 for, 286 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council Amendment 6 to paragraph 30 274 for, 365 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council Amendment 2 to paragraph 30 219 for, 417 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Final vote — text as a whole 441 for, 131 against, 81 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 149 203 for, 442 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 57 to paragraph 146 177 for, 435 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Paragraph 138 — part 2 444 for, 131 against, 77 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Paragraph 138 — part 1 462 for, 159 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 22 to paragraph 138 289 for, 349 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 13 to paragraph 123 275 for, 374 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 26 to paragraph 122 215 for, 426 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 94 202 for, 430 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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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 7 of 51 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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
1 October 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=28&period=2025&vscope=all (retrieved 1 October 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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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=28&period=2025&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220908?page=28&period=2025&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-10-01},
  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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}