Member

Bert-Jan RUISSEN

ECR · Netherlands

Group: ECR
Country: Netherlands
Roll-call participation: 99.8 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line: 80.5 %ⓘ of 615 votes where the group had a line · ECR median 87.7 %

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National party: SGP Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij
In office: Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line: 71 of 511 votesⓘ
Committees: AGRI, CONT (substitute), PECH
Member id: 197773

National party: SGP Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij
In office: Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line: 71 of 511 votesⓘ
Committees: AGRI, CONT (substitute), PECH
Member id: 197773

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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.

Period Whole term 2024 (from July)2025 2026

Custom dates

Votes Final votes620 All roll calls5 928

Roll-call participation ⓘ

99.8 %

619 of 620 final votes while in office

ECR median: 91.9 % (+7.9 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

80.5 %

495 of 615 votes where their group had a line

ECR median: 87.7 % (−7.2 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

13.9 %

71 of 511 votes where their group had a clear line

30 opposite (for ↔ against), 27 abstained against the line, 14 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

13.9 %

86 of 619 votes cast

Participation 99.8 % — ECR median 91.9 %, 79 members.ⓘ

Data as a table

Participation among the 79 members of the ECR with enough votes.
Figure	Participation
Bert-Jan RUISSEN	99.8 %
ECR median	91.9 %
Lowest in the group	51.0 %
Highest in the group	99.8 %
Members	79

With majority line 80.5 % — ECR median 87.7 %, 79 members.ⓘ

Data as a table

With majority line among the 79 members of the ECR with enough votes.
Figure	With majority line
Bert-Jan RUISSEN	80.5 %
ECR median	87.7 %
Lowest in the group	46.1 %
Highest in the group	94.6 %
Members	79

Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of ECR; 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, 5 928

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

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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.
Date	Decision and vote	Result	Position	Majority line
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Final vote — text as a whole	Adopted 339 for, 225 against, 16 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries Final vote — text as a whole	Adopted 319 for, 142 against, 19 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 73, adding text after recital H	181 for, 399 against, 2 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 16, adding text after recital G	252 for, 326 against, 8 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Recital F — part 3	381 for, 190 against, 4 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Recital F — part 2	338 for, 233 against, 9 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Recital F — part 1	524 for, 48 against, 5 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 58 to recital E	84 for, 484 against, 8 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 57, adding text after recital D	193 for, 389 against, 4 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 56 to recital D	89 for, 494 against, 3 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendments 14 + 59 (voted as one), adding text after recital C	204 for, 381 against, 9 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 61, adding text after recital C	215 for, 366 against, 7 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 60, adding text after recital C	209 for, 378 against, 6 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 55 to recital C	95 for, 486 against, 11 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 72, adding text after recital B	345 for, 242 against, 5 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Separate vote on recital A	459 for, 120 against, 10 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 42, adding text after citation 5	439 for, 128 against, 30 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 40, adding text after citation 1	392 for, 132 against, 62 abstained	Position: Abstained	Majority line: Abstained
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 79, adding text after paragraph 15	448 for, 137 against, 5 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 2	297 for, 267 against, 21 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 1	304 for, 268 against, 21 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 71 to paragraph 14	92 for, 496 against, 6 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 77, adding text after paragraph 13	330 for, 250 against, 16 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 70, adding text after paragraph 13	93 for, 493 against, 5 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 13	257 for, 331 against, 7 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 13 — part 2	351 for, 232 against, 3 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 69 to paragraph 13	195 for, 392 against, 6 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 12	390 for, 143 against, 64 abstained	Position: Abstained	Majority line: Abstained
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 12 — part 4	441 for, 147 against, 7 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 12 — part 3	427 for, 166 against, 7 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 36 to paragraph 12	231 for, 355 against, 12 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 11	261 for, 335 against, 4 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 52 to paragraph 11	259 for, 336 against, 7 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 10 to paragraph 11	208 for, 382 against, 5 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 68 to paragraph 11	235 for, 358 against, 9 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 10	277 for, 321 against, 5 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 10 — part 3	353 for, 240 against, 5 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 10 — part 2	363 for, 231 against, 7 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 10 — part 1	390 for, 205 against, 4 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 9	203 for, 392 against, 5 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 9	266 for, 295 against, 37 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 8	215 for, 335 against, 54 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 48 to paragraph 8	261 for, 316 against, 27 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 78, adding text after paragraph 7	395 for, 204 against, 5 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 76, adding text after paragraph 7	177 for, 418 against, 13 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 66, adding text after paragraph 7	204 for, 395 against, 5 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7	202 for, 380 against, 18 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 30 to paragraph 7	253 for, 329 against, 22 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 65 to paragraph 7	91 for, 503 against, 9 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 29 to paragraph 6	261 for, 340 against, 6 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against

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 0 of 80 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.
Sitting	Roll calls	Voted in
17 Jul 2024	1	1
18 Sept 2024	2	2
19 Sept 2024	6	6
8 Oct 2024	1	1
9 Oct 2024	2	2
10 Oct 2024	1	1
22 Oct 2024	5	5
23 Oct 2024	2	2
24 Oct 2024	2	2
14 Nov 2024	5	5
26 Nov 2024	8	8
27 Nov 2024	7	7
28 Nov 2024	6	6
17 Dec 2024	6	6
18 Dec 2024	7	7
19 Dec 2024	5	5
21 Jan 2025	1	1
22 Jan 2025	1	1
23 Jan 2025	4	4
11 Feb 2025	4	4
12 Feb 2025	4	4
13 Feb 2025	2	2
11 Mar 2025	4	4
12 Mar 2025	7	7
13 Mar 2025	3	3
1 Apr 2025	7	7
2 Apr 2025	9	9
3 Apr 2025	5	5
6 May 2025	4	4
7 May 2025	20	20
8 May 2025	12	12
22 May 2025	6	6
17 Jun 2025	8	8
18 Jun 2025	7	7
19 Jun 2025	6	6
8 Jul 2025	8	8
9 Jul 2025	14	14
10 Jul 2025	7	7
9 Sept 2025	6	6
10 Sept 2025	15	15
11 Sept 2025	8	8
7 Oct 2025	4	4
8 Oct 2025	10	10
9 Oct 2025	10	10
21 Oct 2025	8	8
22 Oct 2025	6	6
23 Oct 2025	5	5
13 Nov 2025	16	16
25 Nov 2025	13	13
26 Nov 2025	10	10
27 Nov 2025	11	11
16 Dec 2025	11	11
17 Dec 2025	11	11
18 Dec 2025	6	6
20 Jan 2026	6	6
21 Jan 2026	8	8
22 Jan 2026	8	8
10 Feb 2026	8	8
11 Feb 2026	10	10
12 Feb 2026	8	8
24 Feb 2026	1	1
10 Mar 2026	9	9
11 Mar 2026	12	12
12 Mar 2026	6	6
26 Mar 2026	13	13
28 Apr 2026	14	14
29 Apr 2026	17	17
30 Apr 2026	11	11
19 May 2026	3	3
20 May 2026	12	12
21 May 2026	10	10
16 Jun 2026	10	10
17 Jun 2026	16	15
18 Jun 2026	7	7
7 Jul 2026	15	15
8 Jul 2026	15	15
9 Jul 2026	4	4
15 Sept 2026	12	12
16 Sept 2026	16	16
17 Sept 2026	10	10

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 ECR

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.
Select	Member	Group	Country	Agreement	Baseline
Select Ivaylo VALCHEV	Ivaylo VALCHEV	ECR	Bulgaria	84 % of 5 765 shared	81 %
Select Stephen Nikola BARTULICA	Stephen Nikola BARTULICA	ECR	Croatia	84 % of 4 960 shared	81 %
Select Aurelijus VERYGA	Aurelijus VERYGA	ECR	Lithuania	84 % of 5 361 shared	81 %
Select Diego SOLIER	Diego SOLIER changed group	ECR	Spain	83 % of 5 281 shared	81 %
Select Nora JUNCO GARCÍA	Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group	ECR	Spain	83 % of 5 083 shared	81 %
Select Adam BIELAN	Adam BIELAN	ECR	Poland	82 % of 5 468 shared	81 %
Select Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI	Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI	ECR	Lithuania	82 % of 4 186 shared	81 %
Select Mario MANTOVANI	Mario MANTOVANI	ECR	Italy	82 % of 4 214 shared	81 %
Select Mariusz KAMIŃSKI	Mariusz KAMIŃSKI	ECR	Poland	82 % of 5 808 shared	81 %
Select Beata SZYDŁO	Beata SZYDŁO	ECR	Poland	82 % of 5 523 shared	81 %

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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).
Select	Member	Group	Country	Agreement	Baseline
Select Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ	Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ	Patriots	Portugal	70 % of 5 634 shared	68 %
Select Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL	Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL	Patriots	Spain	70 % of 5 242 shared	68 %
Select Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA	Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA	Patriots	Spain	70 % of 5 603 shared	68 %
Select Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN	Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN	Patriots	Spain	70 % of 5 508 shared	68 %
Select Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN	Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN	Patriots	Spain	69 % of 5 862 shared	68 %
Select Sander SMIT	Sander SMIT changed group	ECR	Netherlands	69 % of 3 596 shared	50 %
Select Branko GRIMS	Branko GRIMS changed group	No group	Slovenia	69 % of 5 418 shared	50 %
Select Hermann TERTSCH	Hermann TERTSCH	Patriots	Spain	69 % of 4 425 shared	68 %
Select Ondřej KOVAŘÍK	Ondřej KOVAŘÍK Former member	Patriots	Czechia	69 % of 1 183 shared	68 %
Select Jessika VAN LEEUWEN	Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group	ECR	Netherlands	69 % of 3 978 shared	50 %

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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).
Body	Role	From	To
Committee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAGRI Committee	Member	19 Jul 2024	now
Committee on Budgetary ControlCONT Committee	Substitute	19 Jul 2024	now
Committee on FisheriesPECH Committee	Member	19 Jul 2024	now
Subcommittee on Human RightsDROI Subcommittee	Substitute	19 Jul 2024	now
Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL Delegation	Vice-chair	4 Feb 2025	now
Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association CommitteeDSCA Delegation	Substitute	19 Sept 2024	now
Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and CountrysideIG10-04 Intergroup / working group	Member	4 Feb 2025	now
Intergroup on Freedom of Religion, Belief and ConscienceIG10-13 Intergroup / working group	Chair co	27 Jan 2025	now
Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL Delegation	Member	19 Sept 2024	3 Feb 2025

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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.
Dossier	Role	Committee	Date
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections	Shadow rapporteur for an opinion	PECH	14 Jul 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	Shadow rapporteur for an opinion	PECH	4 May 2026
Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities	Shadow rapporteur	CONT	2 Feb 2026
Establishing Global Europe	Shadow rapporteur for an opinion	CONT	2 Feb 2026
Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024	Shadow rapporteur	CONT	26 Jan 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) 2021/695	Opinion rapporteur	AGRI	13 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	Shadow rapporteur	AGRI	13 Jan 2026
Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities	Shadow rapporteur	CONT	13 Jan 2026
Establishing Global Europe	Shadow rapporteur for an opinion	CONT	13 Jan 2026
Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities	Shadow rapporteur	CONT	16 Dec 2025

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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.

89 contributions recorded; 25 on behalf of their group; 113 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.
Date	Debate	Kind	Verbatim
16 Sept 2026	Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate) on behalf of ECR	Speech · 1 min	Read
9 Jul 2026	Evaluation of the common fisheries policy and follow-up (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
9 Jul 2026	Evaluation of the common fisheries policy and follow-up (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
8 Jul 2026	The abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan	Speech · 1 min	Read
8 Jul 2026	Ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacre	Speech · 1 min	Read
8 Jul 2026	The EU’s role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the accountability of Israel under international law (topical debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
17 Jun 2026	Preparation of the European Council (joint debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
19 May 2026	Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
18 May 2026	The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins (debate) on behalf of ECR	Speech · 1 min	Read
30 Apr 2026	How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read

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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.
Date	Title	Kind	Answer
14 Sept 2026	MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong-Kong, amid the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung B-10-2026-0407	Motion for a resolutionwith 23 co-authors	—
9 Sept 2026	MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up B-10-2026-0386	Motion for a resolutionwith 6 co-authors	—
1 Sept 2026	Dutch penalties for the unintended EU ban on catching poultry by the legs E-10-2026-003421	Written question	Not yet answered
1 Sept 2026	Dutch trade measures concerning goods originating from the West Bank P-10-2026-003417	Priority written question	Not yet answered
17 Jul 2026	Solidarity between Member States during periods of low water levels E-10-2026-003052	Written question	25 Aug 2026
11 Jul 2026	Belgian road tax disc and compensation P-10-2026-002867	Priority written question	31 Aug 2026
8 Jul 2026	Expert sub-group on eel E-10-2026-002829	Written questionwith 1 co-author	24 Aug 2026
6 Jul 2026	MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacre B-10-2026-0356	Motion for a resolutionwith 29 co-authors	—
6 Jul 2026	MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan B-10-2026-0351	Motion for a resolutionwith 26 co-authors	—
1 Jul 2026	Engine damage caused by biofuel in inland shipping E-10-2026-002738	Written question	Not yet answered

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Amendments tabled in committee, 106

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.
Date	Text amended	Committee	Amendments
17 Jul 2026	Strengthening competitiveness, resilience and fairness in EU agriculture AGRI-AM-791100	AGRI	27
17 Jul 2026	on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790898	AGRI	2
16 Jul 2026	General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections PECH-AM-791014	PECH	10
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790954	AGRI	7
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790919	AGRI	1
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790918	AGRI	8
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790917	AGRI	8
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790916	AGRI	6
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790915	AGRI	2
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790899	AGRI	3

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Political group

Group European Conservatives and Reformists ECR · Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical

National delegation

Delegation Netherlands National delegation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197773?rows=all&scope=final&vscope=all
Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament
Data source: EP Open Data: member record
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). “Bert-Jan RUISSEN”. Member record. memberId 197773. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197773?rows=all&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197773. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197773?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-197773,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Bert-Jan RUISSEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197773?rows=all&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197773?rows=all&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197773. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197773. 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}
}

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Questions and motions, 100

Amendments tabled in committee, 106

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Votes, 5 928