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Member

Sandra KALNIETE

EPP · Latvia

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Latvia
Roll-call participation
91.5 %ⓘ of 2 891 roll calls in office · chamber median 91.2 % · 2025, roll calls
With majority line
98.3 %ⓘ of 2 644 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 93.5 %
More facts (5)
National party
JV Jaunā Vienotība
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
17 of 2 513 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 ⓘ

91.5 %

2 644 of 2 891 roll calls while in office

EPP median: 91.0 % (+0.5 pts)

Chamber median: 91.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

98.3 %

2 598 of 2 644 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 93.5 % (+4.7 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

0.7 %

17 of 2 513 votes where their group had a clear line

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

Abstention ⓘ

0.5 %

13 of 2 644 votes cast

Participation 91.5 % — EPP median 91.0 %, 187 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Sandra KALNIETE91.5 %
EPP median91.0 %
Lowest in the group23.2 %
Highest in the group99.7 %
Members187
With majority line 98.3 % — EPP median 93.5 %, 187 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Sandra KALNIETE98.3 %
EPP median93.5 %
Lowest in the group66.7 %
Highest in the group98.9 %
Members187
  • 2025, 2 891 roll-call votes. 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 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 48 195 for, 401 against, 57 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 138, adding text after paragraph 47 197 for, 421 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 122, adding text after paragraph 45 223 for, 419 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 92, adding text after paragraph 43 116 for, 481 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 43 185 for, 435 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 43 194 for, 435 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 121 to paragraph 43 198 for, 447 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 90, adding text after paragraph 40 89 for, 534 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 38 244 for, 345 against, 64 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 120 to paragraph 38 181 for, 456 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 89 to paragraph 37 122 for, 516 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 36 — part 2 215 for, 341 against, 73 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 36 — part 1 301 for, 290 against, 48 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 134, adding text after paragraph 35 194 for, 444 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 119, adding text after paragraph 35 218 for, 404 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 118, adding text after paragraph 35 194 for, 451 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Separate vote on paragraph 35 465 for, 164 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 125 to paragraph 35 142 for, 454 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Separate vote on paragraph 33 460 for, 164 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 133, adding text after paragraph 32 186 for, 448 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 117, adding text after paragraph 30 178 for, 428 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 116, adding text after paragraph 30 239 for, 392 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 84, adding text after paragraph 28 164 for, 439 against, 41 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 132, adding text after paragraph 27 186 for, 454 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Paragraph 27 — part 2 428 for, 168 against, 58 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 115, adding text after paragraph 26 131 for, 461 against, 54 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 26 119 for, 459 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 26 152 for, 369 against, 104 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 26 140 for, 475 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 26 142 for, 453 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 26 111 for, 507 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 48, adding text after paragraph 26 150 for, 427 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 83, adding text after paragraph 26 252 for, 337 against, 68 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 81, adding text after paragraph 25 211 for, 379 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 124, adding text after paragraph 22 231 for, 404 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 123, adding text after paragraph 22 222 for, 413 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 75, adding text after paragraph 22 213 for, 413 against, 23 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 22 179 for, 439 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 72, adding text after paragraph 22 108 for, 479 against, 25 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 71, adding text after paragraph 22 191 for, 422 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 114 to paragraph 22 178 for, 466 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 113, adding text after paragraph 21 188 for, 442 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 19 114 for, 466 against, 72 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 131, adding text after paragraph 18 200 for, 422 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 130, adding text after paragraph 18 193 for, 451 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 112, adding text after paragraph 10 169 for, 439 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 111, adding text after paragraph 10 183 for, 456 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 10 107 for, 488 against, 54 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 66, adding text after paragraph 10 82 for, 502 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 110, adding text after paragraph 9 201 for, 407 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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Roll-call participation

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

No vote recorded on 4 of 51 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.

35 contributions recorded, 1 written statement; 7 on behalf of their group; 51 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 28f1e27dd5a5 (3 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
3 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=69&period=2025&vscope=all (retrieved 3 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 28f1e27dd5a5 (3 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=69&period=2025&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/96934?page=69&period=2025&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-10-03},
  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 28f1e27dd5a5 (3 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}
}