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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
28 Apr 2026Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024 Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 1 505 for, 109 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 447 for, 160 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AP — part 2 336 for, 266 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AP — part 1 497 for, 108 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 4, adding text after Recital AL 316 for, 298 against, 33 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AL — part 2 482 for, 83 against, 77 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AL — part 1 571 for, 33 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AJ — part 2 394 for, 217 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AJ — part 1 468 for, 129 against, 55 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AC — part 2 325 for, 269 against, 49 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Recital AC — part 1 475 for, 109 against, 68 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Separate vote on citation 16 347 for, 257 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 28 — part 2 459 for, 134 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 28 — part 1 491 for, 111 against, 51 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 25 — part 2 361 for, 218 against, 60 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 25 — part 1 518 for, 36 against, 100 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 21 — part 2 359 for, 218 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 21 — part 1 444 for, 152 against, 54 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 6 to paragraph 21 312 for, 321 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 20 — part 2 335 for, 281 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 20 — part 1 431 for, 184 against, 39 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 19 — part 2 369 for, 240 against, 40 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 19 — part 1 504 for, 116 against, 33 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 5 to paragraph 16 378 for, 213 against, 59 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 12 — part 3 491 for, 83 against, 63 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 12 — part 2 496 for, 94 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 12 — part 1 578 for, 37 against, 36 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 7 223 for, 343 against, 86 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 4 — part 2 394 for, 227 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Paragraph 4 — part 1 492 for, 126 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 2 179 for, 457 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
28 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU Amendment 1 180 for, 455 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 377 for, 254 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 37 156 for, 405 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning appointments to Union agencies and bodies (Rule 135) Final voteAdopted 657 for, 0 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Amendments to Biocidal Products Regulation as regards the extension of certain data protection periods Final votePassed 591 for, 54 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 566 for, 67 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Final votePassed 459 for, 127 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
28 Apr 2026Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 558 for, 35 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 139, adding text after Recital 27 171 for, 465 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendments 125 + 129 (voted as one), adding text after Article 29 (corresponds to Article 34 in am 120) 251 for, 334 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 127, adding text after Article 29 (corresponds to Article 34 in am 120) 169 for, 441 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 130, adding text after Article 29 (corresponds to Article 34 in am 120) 188 for, 437 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 120 to Article 19, after paragraph 1 (corresponds to Article 22 in am 120) — part 3 502 for, 128 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Amendment 124 to Article 19, After paragraph 1 (corresponds to Article 22 in am 120) 95 for, 551 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Proposal to vote on amendments 412 for, 225 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Generalised scheme of tariff preferences Proposal to reject the text 39 for, 600 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
28 Apr 2026Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 389 for, 191 against, 75 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
28 Apr 2026Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 66 to paragraph 63 164 for, 466 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
28 Apr 2026Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 6 to paragraph 60 349 for, 264 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For 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 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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
30 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=31&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 30 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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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=31&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/220871?page=31&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-30},
  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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}