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🇱🇻 Latvia· European Conservatives & Reformists·Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!" - "Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK"·Rank #1504 by amendments·1 term: 10th

Most active on Global Europe; European Competitiveness Fund; Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies. 463 amendments across 23 dossiers in 6 committees over 1 term since 2024.

463

Amendments

committee amendments

302

Co-signed

tabled with other Members · 65% of total

161

Solo

tabled alone

Procedures

6 committees

Amendment record

By committee

160

INTA / ITRE

ENVI / INTA / ITRE

SEDE / ENVI / ITRE

BUDG

SEDE / TRAN

In plenary

Votes

Plenary roll-call record

88.8%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term

10th94.6% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·88.8% withECR

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 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Establishment of the digital euro

9 Jul 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

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

16 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Role of trade in strengthening the EU's economic security

20 May 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly

28 Apr 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034

11 Mar 2026Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

EU enlargement strategy

11 Mar 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

EU enlargement strategy

10 Mar 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee

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

Mariusz KAMIŃSKI

shared 160 amendments

Excludes mass amendments with more than 12 co-authors.

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Roles & memberships

10th term · dated, from the official record

Committees

MemberAFET — Foreign Affairs19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
MemberINTA — International Trade19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteITRE — Industry, Research and Energy19 Jul 2024 → ongoing

Delegations

MemberD-CL — Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteD-MX — Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteD-US — Delegation for relations with the United States19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteDMED — Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean19 Sep 2024 → ongoing