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Member

Sandra KALNIETE

EPP · Latvia

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Latvia
Roll-call participation
89.0 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
96.6 %ⓘ of 552 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
JV Jaunā Vienotība
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
3 of 521 votesⓘ
Committees
AFET, CULT (substitute), INTA (substitute)
Member id
96934
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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 ⓘ

89.0 %

552 of 620 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (−1.5 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

96.6 %

533 of 552 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (+1.0 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

0.6 %

3 of 521 votes where their group had a clear line

3 opposite (for ↔ against), 0 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

0.0 %

0 of 552 votes cast

Participation 89.0 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Sandra KALNIETE89.0 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 96.6 % — EPP median 95.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Sandra KALNIETE96.6 %
EPP median95.6 %
Lowest in the group67.8 %
Highest in the group99.0 %
Members192
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of EPP; 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
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Paragraph 10 — part 1 427 for, 161 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 9 413 for, 158 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 8 442 for, 132 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 7 405 for, 163 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 6 424 for, 158 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Paragraph 5 — part 2 417 for, 158 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Paragraph 5 — part 1 430 for, 145 against, 33 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 4 431 for, 140 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 562 for, 9 against, 57 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 29 165 for, 397 against, 60 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 12 62 for, 521 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 12 72 for, 461 against, 91 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 224 for, 381 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 5 225 for, 375 against, 31 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 5 226 for, 373 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 1 257 for, 330 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 1 155 for, 358 against, 115 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 1 262 for, 308 against, 54 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 1 128 for, 423 against, 68 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 471 for, 68 against, 71 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 2 to recital A 187 for, 428 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 115 186 for, 418 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 103 214 for, 407 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 103 252 for, 373 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 7 to paragraph 103 213 for, 401 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Separate vote on paragraph 98 459 for, 140 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 92 211 for, 410 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 5 to paragraph 66 175 for, 436 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 4 to paragraph 59 130 for, 473 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 11 207 for, 406 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Paragraph 4 — part 3 426 for, 182 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 426 for, 180 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 318 for, 247 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 35 364 for, 258 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness Amendment 1 to paragraph 2 343 for, 277 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 483 for, 68 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 503 for, 9 against, 100 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Case of Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 582 for, 0 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Presidential elections in Honduras, the non-recognition of the outcome by the incumbent administration and the attacks on opposition members of the National Assembly Amendment 5, adding text after recital A 215 for, 362 against, 39 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Presidential elections in Honduras, the non-recognition of the outcome by the incumbent administration and the attacks on opposition members of the National Assembly Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 6 491 for, 51 against, 72 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Presidential elections in Honduras, the non-recognition of the outcome by the incumbent administration and the attacks on opposition members of the National Assembly Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 98 for, 464 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Motion of censure on the Commission Final vote on the motion for a resolutionRejected 165 for, 390 against, 10 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’) Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 440 for, 127 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 421 for, 120 against, 108 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Recital O — part 2 492 for, 105 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Amendment 2, adding text after recital M 240 for, 384 against, 7 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 Amendment 1, adding text after recital M 244 for, 384 against, 28 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 Amendment 48, adding text after paragraph 83 94 for, 489 against, 60 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 Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 83 90 for, 495 against, 61 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 Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 81 360 for, 283 against, 11 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 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 EPP

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
Siegfried MUREŞAN EPPRomania98 % of 5 206 shared89 %
Manfred WEBER EPPGermany98 % of 4 362 shared89 %
Pekka TOVERI EPPFinland98 % of 4 790 shared89 %
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ EPPLithuania98 % of 4 391 shared89 %
Jüri RATAS EPPEstonia98 % of 5 330 shared89 %
Christine SCHNEIDER Former memberEPPGermany97 % of 3 341 shared89 %
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA EPPRomania97 % of 4 245 shared89 %
Inese VAIDERE EPPLatvia97 % of 5 190 shared89 %
Mika AALTOLA EPPFinland97 % of 4 436 shared89 %
Niels GEUKING EPPGermany97 % of 5 358 shared89 %

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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
Urmas PAET RenewEstonia89 % of 4 817 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania89 % of 4 729 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium88 % of 5 228 shared82 %
Ivars IJABS RenewLatvia88 % of 4 171 shared82 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland88 % of 4 395 shared82 %
Olivier CHASTEL RenewBelgium88 % of 4 910 shared82 %
Sophie WILMÈS RenewBelgium87 % of 3 728 shared82 %
Grégory ALLIONE RenewFrance87 % of 4 688 shared82 %
Ilhan KYUCHYUK RenewBulgaria87 % of 4 988 shared82 %
Elsi KATAINEN RenewFinland87 % of 5 379 shared82 %

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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 Culture and EducationCULT CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on International TradeINTA CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldEUDS Special committeeVice-chair3 Feb 2025now
Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation CommitteeD-RU DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association CommitteeD-UA DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assemblySubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Caribbean-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDCAB Parliamentary assemblySubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldEUDS Special committeeMember23 Jan 20252 Feb 2025

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
No dossier namedShadow rapporteurINTA4 Apr 2025
No dossier namedShadow rapporteurAFET4 Apr 2025
No dossier namedOfficial delegationAFET24 Mar 2025
No dossier namedShadow rapporteurAFET6 Mar 2025
No dossier namedCommittee vice-chairEUDS30 Jan 2025
Standing Rapporteur on RussiaRapporteurAFET16 Dec 2024

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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.

37 contributions recorded, 1 written statement; 7 on behalf of their group; 52 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 32

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
16 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich B-10-2026-0328Motion for a resolutionwith 28 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-10-2026-0304Motion for a resolutionwith 32 co-authors—
18 May 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts B-10-2026-0255Motion for a resolutionwith 20 co-authors—
27 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine B-10-2026-0215Motion for a resolutionwith 30 co-authors—
11 Mar 2026Interpretation of a European Commission decision E-10-2026-001015Written question5 May 2026
9 Mar 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular Africans, for Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine B-10-2026-0167Motion for a resolutionwith 23 co-authors—
10 Feb 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine B-10-2026-0146Motion for a resolutionwith 29 co-authors—
8 Dec 2025EU-based banks, including Raiffeisen and UniCredit, still operate in Russia, raising concerns about sanctions circumvention and undermining EU credibility E-10-2025-004854Written questionwith 37 co-authors16 Mar 2026
2 Dec 2025European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation O-10-2025-000044Oral questionwith 46 co-authorsNot yet answered
25 Nov 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine B-10-2025-0546Motion for a resolutionwith 30 co-authors—

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Amendments tabled in committee, 25

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
30 Sept 2026General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections BUDG-AM-796264 BUDG1
19 Jun 2026Establishing the 'AgoraEU' programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818 CJ65-AM-790057 CJ652
19 Jun 2026Establishing the 'AgoraEU' programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818 CJ65-AM-790058 CJ655
19 Jun 2026Establishing the 'AgoraEU' programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818 CJ65-AM-790061 CJ657
19 Jun 2026Establishing the 'AgoraEU' programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818 CJ65-AM-790059 CJ652
5 Jun 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788898 ITRE5
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788849 ITRE2
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788899 ITRE1
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788892 ITRE3
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788894 ITRE5

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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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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
1 October 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Sandra KALNIETE”. Member record. memberId 96934. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/96934?page=47&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 1 October 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96934. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/96934?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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-96934,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Sandra KALNIETE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/96934?page=47&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/96934?page=47&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-10-01},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 96934. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96934. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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}
}