ESN Europe of Sovereign Nations

Current members

27 (since July 2024: 25 → 27)

Cohesion

89.5%, on average, this share votes alike; by half-year 89.3 → 91.3%

On the majority side

30.1%, how often the group majority voted like the plenary. Always voting for would give 95.6%.

Co-chair

René Aust since 16 Jul 2024

Co-chair

Stanisław Tyszka since 16 Jul 2024

Group bureau

Vice-chairs

Milan Uhrík, Sarah Knafo, Stanislav Stoyanov

Treasurer

Siegbert Frank Droese

Other members of the bureau

Christine Anderson, Marc Jongen

Internal vote distribution

All votes cast by the bloc's members across all final votes.

• For 4,829 · 30.9%
• Against 8,146 · 52.2%
• Abstention 2,636 · 16.9%
• 15,611 votes cast

Delegations against the group majority

Share of final votes in which the majority of the group’s MEPs from that country voted differently from the group majority (delegation from 3, group from 10 voting members, both with a clear majority, group at the time of the vote).

This figure implies no judgement: it may reflect a matter of conscience, the line of a national party or an arrangement within the group.

Most divided votes

The group was split in 11 of 651 final votes (1.7%) and in 158 of 6,405 roll-call votes overall (2.5%). The list shows the final votes with the narrowest group majority.

1. Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine: 12 Mar 2026 · largest position: Abstention, 43.8% · For 4 · Against 5 · Abstention 7. Deviating: Konfederacja (PL) 3 for
2. 11th year of the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Crimea, notably the cases of Iryna Danylovych, Tofik Abdulhaziiev and Amet Suleymanov: 19 Dec 2024 · tie between Against and Abstention, 46.7% each · For 1 · Against 7 · Abstention 7
3. Lead in certain fishing tackle: 8 Jul 2026 · largest position: For, 50.0% · For 13 · Against 11 · Abstention 2. Deviating: AfD (DE) 8 of 14 against · Revival (BG) 3 against
4. Amendment of the European Electoral Act allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth: 29 Apr 2026 · largest position: Against, 53.8% · For 8 · Against 14 · Abstention 4
5. Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023: 22 May 2025 · largest position: Abstention, 54.5% · For 8 · Against 2 · Abstention 12. Deviating: Konfederacja (PL) 3 for
6. The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan: 9 Jul 2026 · largest position: For, 56.0% · For 14 · Against 0 · Abstention 11
7. Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work: 6 Oct 2026 · largest position: Against, 56.5% · For 8 · Against 13 · Abstention 2
8. The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger: 12 Mar 2026 · largest position: For, 56.5% · For 13 · Against 1 · Abstention 9. Deviating: Konfederacja (PL) 3 abstentions
9. Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara: 26 Nov 2025 · largest position: Against, 57.1% · For 4 · Against 12 · Abstention 5
10. Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl: 18 Sep 2024 · largest position: Abstention, 57.1% · For 9 · Against 0 · Abstention 12. Deviating: Konfederacja (PL) 3 for

Split means: the largest position has less than 60% of the group’s votes cast; counted from 10 voting members, with the group at the time of the vote. Deviating: delegations (party within the group, from 3 voting members) whose majority voted differently from the group majority.

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All political groups with cohesion and share on the majority side.

Source: European Parliament open data (CC BY 4.0), prepared by OpenRCV.