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Member

Marc BOTENGA

The Left · Belgium

Group
The Left
Country
Belgium
Roll-call participation
87.8 %ⓘ of 5 928 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
With majority line
91.7 %ⓘ of 5 193 votes where the group had a line · The Left median 92.8 %
More facts (5)
National party
PVDA-PTB
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
257 of 4 803 votesⓘ
Committees
AFET, ECON (substitute), ITRE (substitute), SEDE
Member id
187917
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

87.8 %

5 205 of 5 928 roll calls while in office

The Left median: 88.5 % (−0.7 pts)

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

91.7 %

4 763 of 5 193 votes where their group had a line

The Left median: 92.8 % (−1.0 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

5.4 %

257 of 4 803 votes where their group had a clear line

46 opposite (for ↔ against), 193 abstained against the line, 18 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

7.9 %

410 of 5 205 votes cast

Participation 87.8 % — The Left median 88.5 %, 47 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 47 members of the The Left with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Marc BOTENGA87.8 %
The Left median88.5 %
Lowest in the group44.2 %
Highest in the group99.3 %
Members47
With majority line 91.7 % — The Left median 92.8 %, 47 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 47 members of the The Left with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Marc BOTENGA91.7 %
The Left median92.8 %
Lowest in the group81.9 %
Highest in the group96.9 %
Members47
  • Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of The Left; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

Votes, 620

Export

Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecisionResultPositionMajority line
23 Oct 2024Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Passed 444 for, 179 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Resolution rejected 233 for, 360 against, 59 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2024Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine Passed 518 for, 56 against, 61 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2024Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023 Passed 531 for, 91 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2024Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agencies Passed 522 for, 115 against, 25 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2024Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch Passed 601 for, 47 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 20242022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council Passed 431 for, 131 against, 83 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
10 Oct 2024The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas Adopted 540 for, 23 against, 47 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
9 Oct 2024Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration Adopted 508 for, 53 against, 104 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
9 Oct 2024The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia Adopted 495 for, 73 against, 86 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
8 Oct 2024Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023 Passed 632 for, 7 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024EU/USA Agreement on the launch of Galileo satellites from U.S. Territory Consent given 582 for, 16 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ Adopted 565 for, 8 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus Adopted 549 for, 21 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in Cuba Adopted 380 for, 182 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
19 Sept 2024Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States Adopted 425 for, 131 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
19 Sept 2024Situation in Venezuela Adopted 309 for, 201 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl Objection passed 516 for, 129 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole Objection passed 522 for, 127 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Adopted 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: For

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 8 of 107 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table
Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 20242321
18 Jul 202411
16 Sept 202422
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 20249287
7 Oct 202422
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 20241818
10 Oct 202440
21 Oct 202422
22 Oct 2024109
23 Oct 2024129127
24 Oct 20241312
13 Nov 202422
14 Nov 20243634
25 Nov 202421
26 Nov 20241818
27 Nov 20241111
28 Nov 2024570
17 Dec 20241313
18 Dec 20243333
19 Dec 20244545
20 Jan 202522
21 Jan 202511
22 Jan 202522
23 Jan 20254540
10 Feb 202511
11 Feb 20253232
12 Feb 20251010
13 Feb 20253028
10 Mar 202522
11 Mar 202599
12 Mar 2025228223
13 Mar 20252421
31 Mar 202533
1 Apr 20253535
2 Apr 2025251247
3 Apr 20256257
5 May 202550
6 May 2025108
7 May 2025220201
8 May 202510395
21 May 202522
22 May 20255344
16 Jun 202522
17 Jun 20254141
18 Jun 20259184
19 Jun 20258776
7 Jul 202511
8 Jul 20255554
9 Jul 2025134124
10 Jul 20253632
8 Sept 202511
9 Sept 2025101100
10 Sept 20253430
11 Sept 20256962
6 Oct 202522
7 Oct 202555
8 Oct 2025550
9 Oct 20256564
20 Oct 202532
21 Oct 20251313
22 Oct 2025186174
23 Oct 20255552
13 Nov 2025267265
24 Nov 202533
25 Nov 20257575
26 Nov 202510097
27 Nov 2025125113
15 Dec 202544
16 Dec 20256658
17 Dec 20254343
18 Dec 20254232
20 Jan 20266764
21 Jan 2026112106
22 Jan 20265852
9 Feb 202622
10 Feb 20263837
11 Feb 20261313
12 Feb 2026141132
24 Feb 20264339
9 Mar 202610
10 Mar 2026197186
11 Mar 20266055
12 Mar 2026340
25 Mar 202633
26 Mar 20266966
27 Apr 202620
28 Apr 20262250
29 Apr 2026296271
30 Apr 20266865
18 May 202643
19 May 202633
20 May 20269691
21 May 20269895
15 Jun 202622
16 Jun 20264040
17 Jun 2026127122
18 Jun 20267775
6 Jul 202622
7 Jul 20267268
8 Jul 2026144123
9 Jul 20266748
14 Sept 202611
15 Sept 2026155134
16 Sept 20268079
17 Sept 2026124115

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within The Left

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Martin GÜNTHER The LeftGermany94 % of 2 698 shared87 %
Rudi KENNES The LeftBelgium93 % of 5 118 shared87 %
Özlem DEMIREL The LeftGermany93 % of 4 381 shared87 %
Giorgos GEORGIOU The LeftCyprus92 % of 3 987 shared87 %
Irene MONTERO The LeftSpain92 % of 4 738 shared87 %
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ The LeftSpain91 % of 3 102 shared87 %
Catarina MARTINS The LeftPortugal91 % of 4 187 shared87 %
Estrella GALÁN The LeftSpain90 % of 4 436 shared87 %
Martin SCHIRDEWAN The LeftGermany90 % of 4 738 shared87 %
Luke Ming FLANAGAN The LeftIreland90 % of 3 989 shared87 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Ana MIRANDA PAZ GreensSpain81 % of 4 369 shared77 %
Vicent MARZÀ IBÁÑEZ GreensSpain80 % of 4 729 shared77 %
Maria ZACHARIA No groupGreece80 % of 5 136 shared37 %
Benedetta SCUDERI GreensItaly79 % of 4 958 shared77 %
Cristina GUARDA GreensItaly79 % of 4 350 shared77 %
Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ GreensSpain78 % of 4 332 shared77 %
Leoluca ORLANDO GreensItaly78 % of 4 445 shared77 %
David CORMAND GreensFrance78 % of 5 020 shared77 %
Ignazio Roberto MARINO GreensItaly78 % of 3 917 shared77 %
Saskia BRICMONT GreensBelgium77 % of 4 814 shared77 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on Foreign AffairsAFET CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsECON CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Security and DefenceSEDE CommitteeMember23 Jan 2025now
Subcommittee on Tax MattersFISC SubcommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Delegation for relations with PalestineDPAL DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDAFR Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on Anti-Racism and DiversityIG10-02 Intergroup / working groupMember14 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on Trade UnionsIG10-24 Intergroup / working groupMember31 Jan 2025now

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Establishing the Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)Shadow rapporteurSEDE19 May 2026
Establishing the Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)Shadow rapporteurITRE7 May 2026
No dossier namedShadow rapporteurAFET28 Apr 2026
Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructureShadow rapporteurSEDE23 Mar 2026
Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034Shadow rapporteur for an opinionSEDE17 Mar 2026
Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism)Shadow rapporteur for an opinionSEDE10 Mar 2026
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), the European cybersecurity certification framework, and ICT supply chain security and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/881 (The Cybersecurity Act 2)Shadow rapporteurITRE10 Mar 2026
Amending Directive (EU) 2022/2555 as regards simplification measures and alignment with the [Proposal for the Cybersecurity Act 2]Shadow rapporteurITRE10 Mar 2026
Establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695Shadow rapporteur for an opinionSEDE26 Jan 2026
Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activitiesShadow rapporteurITRE19 Nov 2025
Flagship European defence projects of common interestShadow rapporteurSEDE20 Oct 2025
Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projectsShadow rapporteurSEDE9 Oct 2025
Amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industryShadow rapporteurSEDE1 Oct 2025
Tackling barriers to the single market for defenceShadow rapporteur for an opinionECON29 Sept 2025
European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needsShadow rapporteur for an opinionECON29 Sept 2025
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025Shadow rapporteurAFET22 Sept 2025
Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning an enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the light of the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereigntyShadow rapporteurAFET22 Sept 2025
EU strategic defence and security partnershipsShadow rapporteurSEDE25 Aug 2025
EU-US political relationsShadow rapporteurAFET14 Jul 2025
Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term reviewShadow rapporteur for an opinionSEDE4 Jun 2025
Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challengesOpinion rapporteurSEDE21 May 2025
EU-US political relationsShadow rapporteurAFET19 May 2025
Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024Shadow rapporteurECON13 May 2025
European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)Shadow rapporteur for an opinionAFET9 Apr 2025
European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products ('EDIP')Shadow rapporteurITRE5 Feb 2025
AFET report on the \"\"Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2024 \"\" (Rapporteur: David McAllister (EPP), procedure 2024/nnnn (INI)).Shadow rapporteurAFET17 Oct 2024
Labour Market Statistics for Businesses fileShadow rapporteurECON17 Oct 2024

Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

128 contributions recorded; 25 on behalf of their group; 166 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
16 Sept 2026Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro Speech · 1 minRead
16 Sept 2026State of the Union (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
15 Sept 2026Escalation in the Middle East (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
15 Sept 2026Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V) - Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V) - Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V) on behalf of The LeftSpeech · 1 minRead
9 Jul 2026Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
8 Jul 2026The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan Speech · 1 minRead
8 Jul 2026Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: EU solidarity and preparedness in global health (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
8 Jul 2026EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
6 Jul 2026Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025 (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
17 Jun 2026Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso Speech · 2 minRead

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Questions and motions, 100

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
14 Sept 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro B-10-2026-0396Motion for a resolution—
3 Aug 2026Safeguards against perceived conflicts of interest in appointments to the CJEU E-10-2026-003191Written questionNot yet answered
16 Jul 2026Urgent appeal for the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya E-10-2026-003029Written questionwith 17 co-authors2 Sept 2026
14 Jul 2026State of play of negotiations on the agreement on the exchange of personal data between Europol and Israel E-10-2026-002925Written questionwith 24 co-authors1 Sept 2026
7 Jul 2026Transparency regarding EU-funded infrastructure destroyed in Gaza E-10-2026-002805Written questionwith 39 co-authors4 Sept 2026
1 Jul 2026PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 B-10-2026-0338Motion for a resolutionwith 246 co-authors—
29 Jun 2026Is the EU complicit in the US war of aggression against Iran? E-10-2026-002694Written questionNot yet answered
26 Jun 2026Horizon Europe: legal basis for the suspension announcement of 4 March 2022 E-10-2026-002657Written questionNot yet answered
26 Jun 2026Horizon Europe: attribution of state conduct to beneficiaries and participating entities E-10-2026-002659Written questionNot yet answered
26 Jun 2026Horizon Europe: case-by-case assessment versus general suspension of payments to Russian entities between 4 March and 8 April 2022 E-10-2026-002661Written questionNot yet answered

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Amendments tabled in committee, 50

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
16 Jul 2026General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections AFET-AM-791057 AFET1
15 Jun 2026EU-Syria political relations AFET-AM-789951 AFET21
5 Jun 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788898 ITRE17
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788902 ITRE3
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788900 ITRE6
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788899 ITRE1
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788897 ITRE17
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788896 ITRE28
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788849 ITRE12
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788905 ITRE10

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Belgium National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Marc BOTENGA”. Member record. memberId 187917. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/187917?page=13&roles=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/187917. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/187917?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-187917,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Marc BOTENGA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/187917?page=13&roles=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/187917?page=13&roles=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 187917. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/187917. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}