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DIE LINKE.

Germany · The Left group

Current members
3
Cohesion
93.9%, on average, this share votes alike, across 576 final votes
On the majority side
52.0%, party majority voted like the plenary in 277 of 533 votes. Always voting for would give 94.9%.
Participation
86.9%, 1,505 of 1,731 possible votes cast, 38 excused absences

Members

Differing from their own group

In 38 of 529 final votes (7.2%) the party’s majority voted differently from the majority of its group (The Left). Counted when at least 2 of the party’s MEPs in the group voted and both party and group had a clear majority.

The latest 20 of 38 cases:

  1. Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation): 20 Oct 2026 · DIE LINKE.: For (3 of 3) · The Left group: Abstention · For 3 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  2. Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and electronical equipment and single use plastic waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation): 20 Oct 2026 · DIE LINKE.: For (3 of 3) · The Left group: Abstention · For 3 · Against 0 · Abstention 0
  3. CO2 emission class of heavy-duty vehicles with trailers: 7 Oct 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 2) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  4. The EU’s approach to corporate tax policy in a changing international environment: 6 Oct 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Against (3 of 3) · The Left group: Abstention · For 0 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
  5. Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure: 15 Sep 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 2) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  6. 2025 Commission report on Serbia: 8 Jul 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Against (2 of 3) · The Left group: Abstention · For 0 · Against 2 · Abstention 1
  7. Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025: 7 Jul 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 3) · The Left group: For · For 1 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  8. Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso: 18 Jun 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 2) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  9. Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peace: 17 Jun 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 3) · The Left group: For · For 1 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  10. The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward: 21 May 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 3) · The Left group: For · For 1 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  11. EU-Lebanon Agreement on cooperation between Eurojust and the authorities of Lebanon competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters: 20 May 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Against (2 of 3) · The Left group: Abstention · For 1 · Against 2 · Abstention 0
  12. The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins: 20 May 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Against (3 of 3) · The Left group: Abstention · For 0 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
  13. Banking Union – annual report 2025: 30 Apr 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 2) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  14. 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 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 3) · The Left group: For · For 1 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  15. Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime: 12 Mar 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 3) · The Left group: For · For 1 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  16. EU-Ecuador Agreement: cooperation between Europol and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism: 11 Mar 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Against (3 of 3) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 3 · Abstention 0
  17. EU enlargement strategy: 11 Mar 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 3) · The Left group: Against · For 0 · Against 1 · Abstention 2
  18. European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026: 11 Mar 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (2 of 3) · The Left group: For · For 1 · Against 0 · Abstention 2
  19. Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges: 10 Mar 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Abstention (3 of 3) · The Left group: For · For 0 · Against 0 · Abstention 3
  20. European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024: 10 Mar 2026 · DIE LINKE.: Against (3 of 3) · The Left group: Abstention · For 0 · Against 3 · Abstention 0

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

Internal vote distribution

All votes cast by the party’s MEPs in final votes.

  • For 760 · 50.5%
  • Against 523 · 34.8%
  • Abstention 222 · 14.8%
  • 1,505 votes cast

Latest final votes

The latest 20 of 652 final votes with MEPs of the party; the link opens the vote with this party selected.

How closely parties from Germany vote together

How often did the majorities of two parties vote the same way (For, Against or Abstention)? Based on the final votes in which both had a majority; only parties with at least 3 MEPs at the same time.

  • DIE LINKE. and CDU: 43.7%, 233 of 533 votes aligned
  • DIE LINKE. and AfD: 36.1%, 192 of 532 votes aligned
  • DIE LINKE. and SPD: 58.5%, 311 of 532 votes aligned
  • DIE LINKE. and GRÜNE.: 63.2%, 337 of 533 votes aligned
  • DIE LINKE. and CSU: 42.3%, 221 of 522 votes aligned
  • DIE LINKE. and FDP: 43.7%, 233 of 533 votes aligned
  • DIE LINKE. and BSW: 60.0%, 317 of 528 votes aligned
  • Freie Wähler and DIE LINKE.: 39.6%, 198 of 500 votes aligned
  • Volt and DIE LINKE.: 62.9%, 335 of 533 votes aligned

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

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