Sander SMIT

🇳🇱 Netherlands· European People's Party (EPP)·BoerBurgerBeweging·Rank #741 by amendments·1 term: 10th

Most active on Protection of animals during transport and related operations; The future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy; Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation). 1,363 amendments across 39 dossiers in 8 committees over 1 term since 2024.

1,363

Amendments

committee amendments

987

Co-signed

tabled with other Members · 72% of total

376

Solo

tabled alone

Procedures

8 committees

Amendment record

By committee

ENVI

348

TRAN / AGRI

256

ENVI / AGRI

221

LIBE

196

PECH

114

AGRI

111

ENVI / PECH

CJ45

In plenary

Votes

Plenary roll-call record

73.9%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term

10th89.6% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·73.9% withEPP

Roll-call votes since July 2019 · HowTheyVote.eu / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Key votes — against the group line

text-deciding & knife-edge roll-calls

9 Jul 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse

17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

2025 Commission report on Albania

17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

2025 Commission report on Kosovo

17 Jun 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

17 Jun 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

29 Apr 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Data Protection Supervisor

11 Mar 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse

10 Mar 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Establishing an EU talent pool

And 12 more on covered votes.

Covered votes = the text-deciding and knife-edge roll-calls this site tracks; a group’s line is the majority of its expressed votes. Individual positions: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL). Breaking the line is a fact, not a grade.

Network & subjects

Works most with

Jessika VAN LEEUWEN

shared 381 amendments

Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL

shared 246 amendments

Lukas MANDL

shared 213 amendments

Daniel BUDA

shared 208 amendments

Carmen CRESPO DÍAZ

shared 204 amendments

François-Xavier BELLAMY

shared 200 amendments

Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE

shared 200 amendments

Céline IMART

shared 198 amendments

Excludes mass amendments with more than 12 co-authors.

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Mandate

Roles & memberships

10th term · dated, from the official record

Committees

MemberENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety19 Jul 2024 → 19 Jan 2025
SubstituteLIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs19 Jul 2024 → 10 Mar 2026
MemberPECH — Fisheries19 Jul 2024 → 22 Jul 2024
Vice-ChairPECH — Fisheries23 Jul 2024 → 10 Mar 2026
MemberENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety20 Jan 2025 → 10 Mar 2026
SubstituteEUDS — EUDS23 Jan 2025 → 10 Mar 2026
MemberAFCO — Constitutional Affairs11 Mar 2026 → ongoing
SubstituteENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety11 Mar 2026 → ongoing
SubstitutePECH — Fisheries11 Mar 2026 → ongoing

Delegations

MemberD-RU — Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee16 Jul 2024 → 10 Mar 2026
SubstituteD-IL — Delegation for relations with Israel19 Sep 2024 → 10 Mar 2026
SubstituteD-ZA — Delegation for relations with South Africa26 Mar 2026 → ongoing
MemberDPAC — Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly27 Apr 2026 → ongoing
MemberOACPS — Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly27 Apr 2026 → ongoing