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Member

Barry COWEN

Renew · Ireland

Group
Renew
Country
Ireland
Roll-call participation
83.2 %ⓘ of 5 928 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
With majority line
92.2 %ⓘ of 4 931 votes where the group had a line · Renew median 95.5 %
More facts (5)
National party
FF Fianna Fáil Party
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
336 of 4 805 votesⓘ
Committees
AGRI, INTA (substitute)
Member id
257297
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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 ⓘ

83.2 %

4 932 of 5 928 roll calls while in office

Renew median: 90.4 % (−7.2 pts)

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

92.2 %

4 546 of 4 931 votes where their group had a line

Renew median: 95.5 % (−3.3 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

7.0 %

336 of 4 805 votes where their group had a clear line

302 opposite (for ↔ against), 32 abstained against the line, 2 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

0.9 %

44 of 4 932 votes cast

Participation 83.2 % — Renew median 90.4 %, 76 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 76 members of the Renew with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Barry COWEN83.2 %
Renew median90.4 %
Lowest in the group65.3 %
Highest in the group99.7 %
Members76
With majority line 92.2 % — Renew median 95.5 %, 76 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 76 members of the Renew with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Barry COWEN92.2 %
Renew median95.5 %
Lowest in the group77.5 %
Highest in the group98.3 %
Members76
  • Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of Renew; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

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
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Serbia Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 468 for, 116 against, 79 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Serbia Amendment 1 to paragraph 20 113 for, 514 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 505 for, 115 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 7, adding text after recital B 79 for, 576 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 52 102 for, 537 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 51 99 for, 545 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 48 108 for, 535 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 460 for, 136 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 7, adding text after recital V 211 for, 425 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 52, adding text after recital Q 160 for, 462 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 3 to recital N 185 for, 453 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 2, adding text after recital M — part 2 164 for, 459 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 2, adding text after recital M — part 1 131 for, 500 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after recital M 185 for, 436 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 51, adding text after recital L — part 1 159 for, 452 against, 41 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 50, adding text after recital L 130 for, 484 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 49, adding text after recital L 158 for, 459 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 108 104 for, 470 against, 87 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 102 435 for, 178 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Paragraph 101 — part 1 447 for, 130 against, 78 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 99 527 for, 83 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 83 500 for, 129 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 80 517 for, 106 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 78 498 for, 132 against, 23 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 71 218 for, 421 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 71 422 for, 164 against, 70 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 66 222 for, 397 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 63, adding text after paragraph 65 95 for, 523 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Paragraph 62 — part 2 456 for, 144 against, 40 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 61 181 for, 411 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 61 191 for, 414 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 60 166 for, 444 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 62, adding text after paragraph 52 126 for, 506 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 61, adding text after paragraph 52 143 for, 459 against, 59 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 41 517 for, 102 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 33 127 for, 469 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 33 — part 1 167 for, 463 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 33 120 for, 481 against, 55 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 20 to paragraph 33 201 for, 409 against, 39 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 5 600 for, 11 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 4 478 for, 121 against, 52 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 3 590 for, 11 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 2 379 for, 229 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 1 592 for, 42 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 31 190 for, 422 against, 39 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 31 194 for, 436 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 31 188 for, 438 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 31 202 for, 432 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 33 to paragraph 30 428 for, 164 against, 65 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Paragraph 29 — part 2 426 for, 172 against, 58 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 35 of 107 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.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 20242320
18 Jul 202411
16 Sept 202420
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 20249291
7 Oct 202420
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 20241818
10 Oct 202444
21 Oct 202420
22 Oct 20241010
23 Oct 2024129126
24 Oct 20241313
13 Nov 202420
14 Nov 20243636
25 Nov 202420
26 Nov 2024180
27 Nov 20241111
28 Nov 2024570
17 Dec 20241313
18 Dec 20243332
19 Dec 2024450
20 Jan 202520
21 Jan 202510
22 Jan 202522
23 Jan 20254545
10 Feb 202510
11 Feb 20253231
12 Feb 20251010
13 Feb 20253029
10 Mar 202520
11 Mar 202599
12 Mar 2025228227
13 Mar 20252424
31 Mar 202530
1 Apr 20253534
2 Apr 2025251248
3 Apr 20256261
5 May 202553
6 May 20251010
7 May 2025220220
8 May 2025103103
21 May 202520
22 May 20255353
16 Jun 202520
17 Jun 20254141
18 Jun 20259190
19 Jun 20258781
7 Jul 202510
8 Jul 20255555
9 Jul 2025134134
10 Jul 20253636
8 Sept 202511
9 Sept 202510199
10 Sept 20253434
11 Sept 20256969
6 Oct 202522
7 Oct 202555
8 Oct 20255555
9 Oct 20256561
20 Oct 202530
21 Oct 2025130
22 Oct 20251860
23 Oct 2025550
13 Nov 2025267265
24 Nov 202530
25 Nov 20257575
26 Nov 2025100100
27 Nov 2025125114
15 Dec 202540
16 Dec 2025660
17 Dec 2025430
18 Dec 2025420
20 Jan 20266767
21 Jan 2026112112
22 Jan 20265857
9 Feb 202620
10 Feb 20263837
11 Feb 20261312
12 Feb 2026141141
24 Feb 20264343
9 Mar 202610
10 Mar 2026197196
11 Mar 20266060
12 Mar 20263434
25 Mar 202630
26 Mar 20266967
27 Apr 202620
28 Apr 2026225224
29 Apr 2026296294
30 Apr 20266867
18 May 202640
19 May 202632
20 May 20269693
21 May 20269896
15 Jun 202620
16 Jun 20264040
17 Jun 2026127126
18 Jun 20267777
6 Jul 202622
7 Jul 20267270
8 Jul 2026144144
9 Jul 20266767
14 Sept 202610
15 Sept 20261550
16 Sept 2026800
17 Sept 20261240

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 Renew

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
Cynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ RenewIreland99 % of 4 877 shared92 %
Billy KELLEHER RenewIreland99 % of 4 703 shared92 %
Barry ANDREWS RenewIreland98 % of 4 451 shared92 %
Pina PICIERNO changed group RenewItaly92 % of 413 shared92 %
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY RenewNetherlands92 % of 4 916 shared92 %
Charles GOERENS RenewLuxembourg92 % of 4 589 shared92 %
Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE RenewNetherlands92 % of 4 919 shared92 %
Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group RenewItaly91 % of 1 395 shared92 %
Irena JOVEVA RenewSlovenia91 % of 4 743 shared92 %
Dainius ŽALIMAS RenewLithuania91 % of 4 546 shared92 %

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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
Georgia TRAMACERE S&DItaly88 % of 1 626 shared86 %
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ S&DSpain88 % of 4 603 shared86 %
Ana Catarina MENDES S&DPortugal88 % of 4 429 shared86 %
Birgit SIPPEL S&DGermany88 % of 3 852 shared86 %
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ S&DLithuania88 % of 4 628 shared86 %
Isilda GOMES S&DPortugal88 % of 4 316 shared86 %
Lina GÁLVEZ S&DSpain88 % of 4 114 shared86 %
Carla TAVARES S&DPortugal87 % of 4 497 shared86 %
Marina KALJURAND S&DEstonia87 % of 4 575 shared86 %
Alicia HOMS GINEL S&DSpain87 % of 4 191 shared86 %

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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 Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAGRI CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on International TradeINTA CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European UnionHOUS Special committeeSubstitute23 Jan 2025now
Delegation for relations with South AfricaD-ZA DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with Australia and New ZealandDANZ DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and CountrysideIG10-04 Intergroup / working groupMember4 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on Sustainable LivestockIG10-15 Intergroup / working groupMember31 Jan 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
Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other partShadow rapporteurINTA22 Jul 2026
Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034RapporteurAGRI20 Jan 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationINTA22 Oct 2025
Accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other partShadow rapporteurINTA23 Jun 2025
Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementShadow rapporteurINTA30 Apr 2025
Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainShadow rapporteurAGRI17 Mar 2025
I have been invited to participate in the upcoming REGI Mission to Ireland on February 26. I have been allowed to attend due to the fact that the Mission is arriving in my home town in Ireland.Official delegation14 Feb 2025
NON-LEGISLATIVE REPORT - The future of agriculture and what CAP after 2027?Shadow rapporteurAGRI18 Dec 2024
The INTA Delegation to London, UK (28-30 October)Official delegation22 Oct 2024

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.

34 contributions recorded; 2 on behalf of their group; 44 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 13

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
7 Jul 2026Supply of sustainable aviation fuel and implementation of the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation E-10-2026-002800Written questionNot yet answered
7 Jul 2026Transparency regarding EU-funded infrastructure destroyed in Gaza E-10-2026-002805Written questionwith 39 co-authors4 Sept 2026
24 Jun 2026Accessibility of public services for individuals with learning disabilities E-10-2026-002619Written question18 Aug 2026
24 Jun 2026EU food additive rules and their impact on reformulation and sugar reduction E-10-2026-002615Written question24 Sept 2026
4 Jun 2026Vehicle type approval divergence and the Northern Ireland vehicle market E-10-2026-002316Written question7 Aug 2026
19 May 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on holding Israel to account for breaches of human rights and international law B-10-2026-0267Motion for a resolutionwith 55 co-authors—
18 Mar 2026The impact on SMEs of the immediate application of anti-dumping duties on ceramic imports from China E-10-2026-001114Written question13 May 2026
20 Oct 2025Follow-up on the Commission’s answer to question E-001324/2025 on the compatibility with Community law of Italy’s Interministerial Decree Law No 688 of 24 May 2023 P-10-2025-004127Priority written questionwith 12 co-authors18 Nov 2025
7 Jul 2025Access to baby formula in Gaza O-10-2025-000023Oral questionwith 42 co-authorsNot yet answered
9 Apr 2025Possible deportation of EU nationals from Germany owing to their participation in public demonstrations E-10-2025-001457Written questionwith 6 co-authors4 Jun 2025

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Amendments tabled in committee, 71

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 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790918 AGRI19
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790957 AGRI18
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790964 AGRI6
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790899 AGRI14
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790919 AGRI14
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790956 AGRI10
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790958 AGRI9
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790954 AGRI11
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790917 AGRI15
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790955 AGRI17

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Connections

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

Political group

  • Group Renew Europe Renew · Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism

National delegation

  • Delegation Ireland 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 579b2832c723 (26 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
26 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Barry COWEN”. Member record. memberId 257297. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257297?page=10&roles=all&vscope=all (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257297. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/257297?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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-257297,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Barry COWEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257297?page=10&roles=all&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257297?page=10&roles=all&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 257297. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257297. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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}
}