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Sebastian KRUIS

Patriots · Netherlands

Group
Patriots PfE
Country
Netherlands
Roll-call participation
88.9 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
74.5 %ⓘ of 550 votes where the group had a line · Patriots median 80.0 %
More facts (5)
National party
PVV Partij voor de Vrijheid
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
71 of 434 votesⓘ
Committees
FEMM, IMCO (substitute), INTA, PETI
Member id
256996
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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 ⓘ

88.9 %

551 of 620 final votes while in office

Patriots median: 90.8 % (−1.9 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

74.5 %

410 of 550 votes where their group had a line

Patriots median: 80.0 % (−5.5 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

16.4 %

71 of 434 votes where their group had a clear line

35 opposite (for ↔ against), 27 abstained against the line, 9 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

14.7 %

81 of 551 votes cast

Participation 88.9 % — Patriots median 90.8 %, 89 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 89 members of the Patriots with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Sebastian KRUIS88.9 %
Patriots median90.8 %
Lowest in the group44.2 %
Highest in the group99.7 %
Members89
With majority line 74.5 % — Patriots median 80.0 %, 89 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 89 members of the Patriots with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Sebastian KRUIS74.5 %
Patriots median80.0 %
Lowest in the group59.5 %
Highest in the group94.8 %
Members89
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of Patriots; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

Votes, 620

Export

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

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecisionResultPositionMajority line
21 Jan 2026Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) Adopted 334 for, 324 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Adopted 392 for, 179 against, 83 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025 Adopted 395 for, 197 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Adopted 421 for, 120 against, 108 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’) Adopted 440 for, 127 against, 59 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest Passed 503 for, 57 against, 108 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Abstained
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Adopted 492 for, 144 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Adopted 420 for, 207 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties Adopted 491 for, 83 against, 84 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: Abstained
20 Jan 2026Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises Adopted 444 for, 153 against, 55 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Adopted 417 for, 234 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan Adopted 477 for, 7 against, 69 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
18 Dec 2025Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri Adopted 519 for, 2 against, 50 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November Adopted 535 for, 0 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
18 Dec 2025Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime Adopted 386 for, 184 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear Adopted 450 for, 93 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania Adopted 438 for, 37 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept Negotiating mandate approved 384 for, 237 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level Negotiating mandate approved 396 for, 202 against, 56 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies Passed 500 for, 120 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Passed 405 for, 242 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) Passed 604 for, 37 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Dec 2025EU/Jordan Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: terms and conditions for the participation of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Consent given 627 for, 13 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives Objection failed 230 for, 402 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Military Mobility Adopted 493 for, 127 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs Adopted 425 for, 120 against, 96 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Adopted 480 for, 83 against, 94 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Adopted 358 for, 202 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
16 Dec 2025Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products Passed 431 for, 161 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
16 Dec 2025Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes Amendment 1 rejected 122 for, 470 against, 69 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan Passed 519 for, 119 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties Passed 629 for, 17 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Providing macro-financial assistance to Jordan Passed 585 for, 34 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Brexit Adjustment Reserve Passed 619 for, 6 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
16 Dec 2025Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements Passed 428 for, 218 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – Sweden Passed 578 for, 54 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
16 Dec 2025Genetically modified maize NK603 Objection passed 479 for, 173 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 Objection passed 455 for, 169 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia Adopted 417 for, 131 against, 108 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
27 Nov 2025Amending Regulations on the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and on the single digital gateway as regards certain harmonisation requirements on transparency Passed 400 for, 77 against, 132 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: Abstained
27 Nov 2025Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation Passed 392 for, 88 against, 133 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: Abstained
27 Nov 2025Post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu Adopted 539 for, 0 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
27 Nov 2025Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran Adopted 549 for, 7 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani Adopted 464 for, 58 against, 75 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
27 Nov 2025Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Adopted 490 for, 41 against, 74 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Adopted 490 for, 9 against, 109 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
27 Nov 2025Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process Adopted 337 for, 245 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan Adopted 503 for, 32 against, 52 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
27 Nov 2025Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya Adopted 519 for, 3 against, 57 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
27 Nov 2025EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine Adopted 401 for, 70 against, 90 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained

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Roll-call participation

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

No vote recorded on 8 of 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 Patriots

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
Ton DIEPEVEEN PatriotsNetherlands99 % of 4 715 shared74 %
Auke ZIJLSTRA PatriotsNetherlands99 % of 4 854 shared74 %
Rachel BLOM PatriotsNetherlands99 % of 4 995 shared74 %
Marieke EHLERS PatriotsNetherlands98 % of 5 100 shared74 %
Mieke ANDRIESE PatriotsNetherlands98 % of 2 379 shared74 %
Sebastiaan STÖTELER Former memberPatriotsNetherlands97 % of 2 091 shared74 %
Vilis KRIŠTOPANS PatriotsLatvia82 % of 4 691 shared74 %
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE PatriotsBelgium81 % of 5 137 shared74 %
Barbara BONTE PatriotsBelgium81 % of 5 049 shared74 %
Hermann TERTSCH PatriotsSpain79 % of 3 984 shared74 %

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
Roberto VANNACCI changed group ESNItaly79 % of 1 906 shared68 %
Guillaume PELTIER ECRFrance79 % of 4 441 shared68 %
Laurence TROCHU ECRFrance78 % of 4 946 shared68 %
Nicolas BAY ECRFrance78 % of 4 876 shared68 %
Marion MARÉCHAL ECRFrance77 % of 4 334 shared68 %
René AUST ESNGermany76 % of 4 693 shared70 %
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group ESNGermany76 % of 3 904 shared68 %
Sarah KNAFO ESNFrance75 % of 4 061 shared70 %
Markus BUCHHEIT ESNGermany75 % of 4 657 shared70 %
Hans NEUHOFF ESNGermany75 % of 3 978 shared70 %

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 Women’s Rights and Gender EqualityFEMM CommitteeMember25 Nov 2024now
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionIMCO CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on International TradeINTA CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on PetitionsPETI CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-TR Joint parliamentary committeeSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL DelegationMember24 Nov 2025now
Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean CommunityDAND DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now

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Dossiers

No rapporteur, shadow or negotiator role recorded this term.

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.

37 contributions recorded; 2 on behalf of their group; 40 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
14 Sept 2026One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
14 Sept 2026Council positions at first reading (Rule 64) Speech · 1 minRead
7 Jul 2026EU-Mexico (joint debate) Speech · 1 minRead
15 Jun 2026Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America - Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods Speech · 1 minRead
15 Jun 2026Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America - Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods Speech · 1 minRead
29 Apr 2026The need to combat antisemitism and protect Jewish life in Europe, following the recent attacks against the Jewish community in the Netherlands and Belgium (debate) on behalf of PatriotsSpeech · 2 minRead
26 Mar 2026EU-US trade deal (joint debate) Speech · 1 minRead
12 Feb 2026Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate) SpeechRead
12 Feb 2026Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
12 Feb 2026Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate) Speech · 1 minRead

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Questions and motions, 53

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
8 Sept 2026Progress on Panama’s yellow card on fisheries E-10-2026-003533Written questionwith 1 co-authorNot yet answered
8 Sept 2026Why is Panama still on the EU tax blacklist? E-10-2026-003534Written questionwith 1 co-authorNot yet answered
26 Aug 2026Detention in Chilean ports of EU-bound timber from legally operating, FSC-certified exporters in Bolivia P-10-2026-003338Priority written question21 Sept 2026
16 Jul 2026Constitutional coup by Péter Magyar’s government E-10-2026-003035Written questionwith 42 co-authors11 Sept 2026
13 Jul 2026Reassessment of the scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation in light of new scientific evidence E-10-2026-002885Written question25 Aug 2026
13 Jul 2026Possible road toll discrimination in Belgium E-10-2026-002884Written questionwith 1 co-author22 Sept 2026
30 Jun 2026Whale and dolphin hunts in the waters around the Faroe Islands ahead of the upcoming EU-Faroe Islands annual consultation P-10-2026-002710Priority written questionwith 2 co-authors5 Aug 2026
17 Jun 2026Scientific basis for the Commission’s policy references to ‘transgender youth’ following its evasive reply to E-000395/2026 E-10-2026-002509Written questionwith 2 co-authors4 Aug 2026
3 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on prohibiting animal sacrifice during Eid al-Adha in the EU B-10-2026-0272Motion for a resolutionwith 9 co-authors—
26 May 2026Unilateral trade-related measures by Member States targeting Israel and the EU’s exclusive competence in common commercial policy E-10-2026-002130Written questionwith 1 co-author30 Jul 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 20

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

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
13 Jul 2026General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections FEMM-AM-790126 FEMM8
27 Apr 2026following the fact-finding mission to Extremadura and Castilla la Mancha (Spain) aiming to investigate the closure of a nuclear power plant in Almaraz based on Petition No 0445/2025 and the protection of the Cabañeros National Park based on Petitions Nos 0819/2024 and 1334/2024 PETI-AM-787840 PETI14
20 Apr 2026Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mexico CJ38-AM-787715 CJ3819
6 Mar 2026following the fact-finding visit to the Canary Islands from 15 to 17 September 2025 aiming to investigate petition No. 1268/2020 on the need for joint action by the European Union on migration PETI-AM-785340 PETI29
10 Nov 2025Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures INTA-AM-779550 INTA2
3 Oct 2025Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 PETI-AM-778162 PETI8
1 Oct 2025Laying a framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest, and amending Regulation (EU) 2024/795 IMCO-AM-778139 IMCO7
7 Jul 2025Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024 PETI-AM-775512 PETI21
4 Jun 2025Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 CJ52-AM-774325 CJ5214
4 Jun 2025Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 CJ52-AM-774328 CJ526

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Connections

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

Political group

National delegation

Sources & citation

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

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

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Sebastian KRUIS”. Member record. memberId 256996. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256996?nb=all&page=6&scope=final (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256996. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/256996?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-256996,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Sebastian KRUIS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256996?nb=all&page=6&scope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256996?nb=all&page=6&scope=final},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 256996. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256996. 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}
}