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Member

Rihards KOLS

ECR · Latvia

Group
ECR
Country
Latvia
Roll-call participation
92.6 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
87.0 %ⓘ of 570 votes where the group had a line · ECR median 87.7 %
More facts (5)
National party
TB/LNNK Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!" - "Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK"
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
33 of 472 votesⓘ
Committees
AFET, INTA, ITRE (substitute)
Member id
220871
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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 ⓘ

92.6 %

574 of 620 final votes while in office

ECR median: 91.9 % (+0.6 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

87.0 %

496 of 570 votes where their group had a line

ECR median: 87.7 % (−0.7 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

7.0 %

33 of 472 votes where their group had a clear line

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

Abstention ⓘ

12.2 %

70 of 574 votes cast

Participation 92.6 % — ECR median 91.9 %, 79 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 79 members of the ECR with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Rihards KOLS92.6 %
ECR median91.9 %
Lowest in the group51.0 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members79
With majority line 87.0 % — ECR median 87.7 %, 79 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 79 members of the ECR with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Rihards KOLS87.0 %
ECR median87.7 %
Lowest in the group46.1 %
Highest in the group94.6 %
Members79
  • 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

Export

Every 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.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 81, adding text after paragraph 17 129 for, 499 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 27 to paragraph 17 151 for, 442 against, 83 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 16 194 for, 387 against, 90 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 61, adding text after paragraph 15 131 for, 513 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 15 225 for, 439 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 14 318 for, 246 against, 114 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 14 155 for, 437 against, 86 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Tie
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 13 to paragraph 14 139 for, 443 against, 96 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 13 206 for, 457 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 12 195 for, 466 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 12 206 for, 453 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 12 231 for, 411 against, 26 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 30 to paragraph 12 328 for, 297 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 24 to paragraph 12 221 for, 420 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 11 321 for, 318 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 11 213 for, 450 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 11 178 for, 473 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 11 210 for, 453 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 11 212 for, 448 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 11 172 for, 465 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 11 172 for, 428 against, 76 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 29 to paragraph 11 342 for, 310 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 37 to paragraph 11 151 for, 468 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 10 158 for, 475 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 7 77 for, 586 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 6 93 for, 517 against, 67 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 6 66 for, 568 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 6 100 for, 505 against, 71 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 4 193 for, 464 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 4 192 for, 456 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 4 116 for, 520 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 3 210 for, 434 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 3 218 for, 425 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 2 188 for, 443 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 1 181 for, 442 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 6, adding text before paragraph 1 68 for, 475 against, 110 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 4, adding text before paragraph 1 63 for, 507 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 3, adding text before paragraph 1 84 for, 467 against, 69 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
1 Apr 2025Customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the USA Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 593 for, 7 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Final votePassed 452 for, 182 against, 40 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 33, adding text after recital 28 232 for, 389 against, 49 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 42 to recital 28 327 for, 311 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 41 to recital 22 302 for, 335 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 29, adding text after recital 6 254 for, 377 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 38 to recital 6 220 for, 409 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 40 to recital 5 312 for, 262 against, 100 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 39 to recital 3 327 for, 247 against, 102 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 49 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point c 321 for, 309 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 37 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point b 217 for, 409 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
1 Apr 2025Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 36 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point a 228 for, 413 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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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 5 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

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.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Reinis POZŅAKS ECRLatvia97 % of 5 279 shared81 %
Roberts ZĪLE ECRLatvia96 % of 4 041 shared81 %
Ivaylo VALCHEV ECRBulgaria89 % of 5 381 shared81 %
Aurelijus VERYGA ECRLithuania86 % of 4 994 shared81 %
Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group ECRSpain86 % of 4 742 shared81 %
Diego SOLIER changed group ECRSpain86 % of 4 946 shared81 %
Mario MANTOVANI ECRItaly85 % of 3 851 shared81 %
Stephen Nikola BARTULICA ECRCroatia85 % of 4 685 shared81 %
Alessandro CIRIANI ECRItaly85 % of 4 705 shared81 %
Marco SQUARTA ECRItaly85 % of 4 276 shared81 %

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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
Jaroslav KNOT PatriotsCzechia71 % of 2 832 shared68 %
Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group ECRCzechia71 % of 4 580 shared63 %
Klara DOSTALOVA PatriotsCzechia70 % of 4 447 shared68 %
Ondřej KNOTEK PatriotsCzechia69 % of 5 112 shared68 %
Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ PatriotsPortugal69 % of 5 242 shared68 %
Branko GRIMS changed group No groupSlovenia69 % of 5 016 shared50 %
Luis-Vicențiu LAZARUS No groupRomania69 % of 4 641 shared48 %
Tomáš KUBÍN PatriotsCzechia69 % of 5 116 shared68 %
Antonín STANĚK PatriotsCzechia68 % of 3 142 shared68 %
Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ PatriotsCzechia68 % of 4 757 shared68 %

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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 International TradeINTA CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-CL Joint parliamentary committeeMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-MX Joint parliamentary committeeSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the MediterraneanDMED Parliamentary assemblySubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)IG10-22 Intergroup / working groupVice-chair12 Mar 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
Agreement on Electronic CommerceShadow rapporteurINTA23 Sept 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationAFET23 Sept 2026
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 EU-Norway political relationsShadow rapporteurAFET8 Sept 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationINTA8 Sept 2026
92nd EU US TLD meeting in San Francisco, California scheduled between 24 – 27 August 2026 Official delegationD-US15 Jul 2026
Situation of international law and the risks to multilateralism, democracy and the European UnionShadow rapporteurAFET11 May 2026
Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU tradeShadow rapporteurINTA14 Apr 2026
Establishment of European Business WalletsShadow rapporteurITRE30 Mar 2026
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measuresShadow rapporteur for an opinionINTA4 Mar 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationAFET24 Feb 2026

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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.

74 contributions recorded, 15 written statements; 11 on behalf of their group; 77 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
15 Sept 2026Hybrid attacks against the EU Member States (joint debate) Speech · 1 minRead
15 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect the EU’s external borders (debate) StatementRead
9 Jul 2026Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
16 Jun 2026The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate) on behalf of ECRSpeech · 1 minRead
16 Jun 2026Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate) StatementRead
19 May 2026Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade (debate) on behalf of ECRSpeech · 2 minRead
19 May 2026Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
29 Apr 2026EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (debate) StatementRead
28 Apr 2026Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine (debate) on behalf of ECRSpeech · 1 minRead
11 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Speech · 1 minRead

Show all 40 recent contributions

Questions and motions, 79

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, the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro B-10-2026-0419Motion for a resolutionwith 26 co-authors—
14 Sept 2026Circular Economy Act: regulatory barriers to secondary raw materials E-10-2026-003654Written questionwith 29 co-authorsNot yet answered
31 Jul 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need to combat migrant grooming gangs B-10-2026-0373Motion for a resolutionwith 80 co-authors—
22 Jun 2026VP/HR remarks on Israel P-10-2026-002573Priority written questionwith 2 co-authors5 Aug 2026
18 Jun 2026Human trafficking and human rights violations through recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine E-10-2026-002532Written questionwith 27 co-authors6 Aug 2026
16 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich B-10-2026-0327Motion for a resolutionwith 19 co-authors—
15 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland B-10-2026-0308Motion for a resolutionwith 16 co-authors—
12 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba B-10-2026-0291Motion for a resolutionwith 12 co-authors—
2 Jun 2026Reports of the Palestinian Authority’s continuing ‘pay-for-slay’ scheme E-10-2026-002235Written questionwith 8 co-authors3 Sept 2026
13 May 2026Detailed criteria, data sources and methodology for Member State classification under the Migration Pact solidarity mechanism (2) E-10-2026-001990Written question31 Jul 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 58

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

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Connections

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

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Latvia 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 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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
29 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Rihards KOLS”. Member record. memberId 220871. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220871?page=100&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 29 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/220871. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/220871?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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-220871,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Rihards KOLS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220871?page=100&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220871?page=100&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-29},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 220871. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/220871. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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}
}