Rudi KENNES

🇧🇪 Belgium· The Left (GUE/NGL)·Independent·Rank #1027 by amendments·1 term: 10th

Most active on European Competitiveness Fund; Budget expenditure tracking and performance framework; Global Europe. 940 amendments across 27 dossiers in 6 committees over 1 term since 2024.

940

Amendments

committee amendments

167

Co-signed

tabled with other Members · 18% of total

773

Solo

tabled alone

Procedures

6 committees

Amendment record

By committee

EMPL

273

CONT

259

ITRE

210

CONT / EMPL

138

INTA

BUDG

ENVI

In plenary

Votes

Plenary roll-call record

95%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term

10th97.9% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·95% withThe Left

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

17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade in timber products to the European Union

11 Mar 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities – annual report 2026

11 Mar 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

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

17 Dec 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies

22 Oct 2025Close voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections

10 Sep 2025Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

The future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy

18 Jun 2025Main voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility

7 May 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission

And 2 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

Estrella GALÁN

shared 139 amendments

Özlem DEMIREL

shared 103 amendments

Konstantinos ARVANITIS

shared 103 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

SubstituteCONT — Budgetary Control19 Jul 2024 → 20 May 2026
SubstituteEMPL — Employment and Social Affairs19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
MemberINTA — International Trade19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
MemberITRE — Industry, Research and Energy19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteTRAN — Transport and Tourism20 May 2026 → ongoing

Delegations

SubstituteD-BR — Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
MemberD-ZA — Delegation for relations with South Africa19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteDPAC — Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly10 Dec 2025 → ongoing
MemberDSAS — Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia15 Dec 2025 → ongoing