Member
Elsi KATAINEN
Renew · Finland
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 ⓘ
97.8 %
5 800 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
Renew median: 90.4 % (+7.4 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
96.9 %
5 613 of 5 795 votes where their group had a line
Renew median: 95.5 % (+1.3 pts)
96 opposite (for ↔ against), 20 abstained against the line, 1 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Elsi KATAINEN | 97.8 % |
| Renew median | 90.4 % |
| Lowest in the group | 65.3 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.7 % |
| Members | 76 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Elsi KATAINEN | 96.9 % |
| Renew median | 95.5 % |
| Lowest in the group | 77.5 % |
| Highest in the group | 98.3 % |
| Members | 76 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of Renew; 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.
Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 2026 | Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty | Adopted 482 for, 108 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Tackling barriers to the single market for defence | Adopted 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Flagship European defence projects of common interest | Adopted 448 for, 122 against, 38 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law | Passed 498 for, 90 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Establishing an EU talent pool | Passed 414 for, 182 against, 21 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee | Passed 441 for, 105 against, 81 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Mar 2026 | European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024 | Adopted 493 for, 92 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing | Adopted 367 for, 166 against, 84 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Public access to documents - report 2022 - 2024 | Adopted 602 for, 9 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges | Adopted 460 for, 71 against, 88 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies | Adopted 528 for, 21 against, 62 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Mar 2026 | The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act | Adopted 399 for, 78 against, 69 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine | Adopted 437 for, 82 against, 70 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain | Passed 555 for, 0 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Post-election situation in Uganda and threats against opposition leader Bobi Wine | Adopted 514 for, 3 against, 56 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in Iran | Adopted 524 for, 3 against, 41 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretexts | Adopted 502 for, 2 against, 59 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy | Adopted 385 for, 141 against, 53 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights | Adopted 332 for, 209 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women | Adopted 340 for, 141 against, 68 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire | Adopted 363 for, 71 against, 81 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027 | Passed 458 for, 140 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine Facility | Passed 473 for, 140 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Amending the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 | Consent given 490 for, 130 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/006 BE/Audi – Belgium | Passed 593 for, 55 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Genetically modified soybean DBN-09004-6 | Objection passed 461 for, 169 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Genetically modified maize T25 (ACS-ZMØØ3-2) | Objection passed 462 for, 169 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Genetically modified cotton T304-40 | Objection passed 428 for, 156 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Genetically modified cotton GHB614 × LLCotton25 | Objection passed 463 for, 164 against, 21 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Agreement establishing an association between the EU and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino | Interim report adopted 552 for, 24 against, 75 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 11 Feb 2026 | EU strategic defence and security partnerships | Adopted 440 for, 119 against, 85 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level | Passed 408 for, 184 against, 60 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Abstained |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept | Passed 396 for, 226 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Against |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Amending regulations on agricultural products as regards market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products | Passed 625 for, 15 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Amending the Measuring Instruments Directive | Passed 594 for, 25 against, 23 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products | Passed 483 for, 102 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality | Passed 413 for, 226 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Feb 2026 | European Union designs (codification) | Passed 613 for, 5 against, 29 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 10 Feb 2026 | European Central Bank – annual report 2025 | Adopted 443 for, 71 against, 117 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Motion of censure on the Commission | Rejected 165 for, 390 against, 10 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong | Adopted 503 for, 9 against, 100 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Case of Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic | Adopted 582 for, 0 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges | Adopted 483 for, 68 against, 76 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness | Adopted 318 for, 247 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 22 Jan 2026 | European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure | Adopted 471 for, 68 against, 71 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Brutal repression against protesters in Iran | Adopted 562 for, 9 against, 57 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania | Adopted 385 for, 165 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Air passenger rights | Amendments 1 + 243 (voted as one) adopted 632 for, 15 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Jan 2026 | EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Consent given 565 for, 83 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Enhanced cooperation on the establishment of a Loan for Ukraine | Consent given 499 for, 135 against, 24 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
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" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
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.
Work
Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAGRI Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI Committee | Member | 23 Jan 2025 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US Delegation | Substitute | 27 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with Australia and New ZealandDANZ Delegation | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and CountrysideIG10-04 Intergroup / working group | Member | 4 Feb 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Sustainable LivestockIG10-15 Intergroup / working group | Member | 31 Jan 2025 | now |
| Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | 22 Jan 2025 |
| Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyD-UK Joint parliamentary committee | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | 26 Sept 2024 |
Dossiers
| Dossier | Role | Committee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion | REGI | 21 Jan 2026 |
| Amending Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards the school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme (‘EU school scheme’), sectoral interventions, the creation of a protein sector, requirements for hemp, the possibility for marketing standards for cheese, protein crops and meat, application of additional import duties, rules on the availability of supplies in time of emergencies and severe crisis and securities | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion | REGI | 21 Jan 2026 |
| Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 | Rapporteur | AGRI | 17 Dec 2025 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | AGRI | 12 Sept 2025 |
| Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion | AGRI | 13 Mar 2025 |
| Forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category, its labelling and the names of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production | Shadow rapporteur | AGRI | 4 Dec 2024 |
| No dossier named | Shadow rapporteur | AGRI | 15 Nov 2024 |
| Own-initiative report on \"\"Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy\"\" | Shadow rapporteur | REGI | 16 Oct 2024 |
| Amendment of Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee,(COM(2023)727) | Shadow rapporteur | AGRI | 8 Oct 2024 |
| Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests, (COM(2023)728) | Shadow rapporteur | AGRI | 8 Oct 2024 |
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- EU budget & funds 16
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 15
- Economy & single market 11
- Climate & environment 7
- Defence & security 5
- Foreign affairs 4
- Transport & tourism 3
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 2
- Digital, AI & data 1
- Energy 1
- Trade & customs 1
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.
22 contributions recorded; 4 on behalf of their group; 30 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 20
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 101
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political group
- Group Renew Europe Renew · Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism
National delegation
- Delegation Finland National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- 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). “Elsi KATAINEN”. Member record. memberId 191693. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/191693?amendments=all&docs=all&page=5 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/191693. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/191693?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-191693,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Elsi KATAINEN}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/191693?amendments=all&docs=all&page=5}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/191693?amendments=all&docs=all&page=5},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 191693. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/191693. 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}
}