Roberts Zīle
ECR, Latvia, Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!" - "Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK" (TB/LNNK)
The record
Took part in 4,335 of 5,928 roll-call votes since 17 July 2024 (73%); the median MEP: 91%.
A low figure can reflect parental or sick leave, other duties or a seat taken up mid-term; the record does not say why.
Voted with the ECR majority in 3,828 of 4,325 votes where the group had a line (89%), about as often as most ECR MEPs (median 91%).
- Took part
- 73%
- median MEP: 91%
- Voted with the group
- 89%
- median ECR MEP: 91%
Whole term (since Jul 2024) · 17 Jul 2024 to 17 Sept 2026 · How we count this
Final votes
The latest 10 of 620 final A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published., newest first.
Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung
For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro
For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector
For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya
For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
Impact of social media and the online environment on young people
Abstained · most of the ECR voted against · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security
For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up
For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers
For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders
For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries
No vote recorded · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted
Where they work
Committee on Budgets
Committee · A substitute member can attend and vote in the committee or delegation when a full member of their group is absent.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee · Member
Committee on Transport and Tourism
Committee · Member
Subcommittee on Tax Matters
Subcommittee · Member
Delegation for relations with Japan
A group of MEPs that keeps up relations with the parliament of a non-EU country or region. · Member
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
Parliamentary assembly · A substitute member can attend and vote in the committee or delegation when a full member of their group is absent.
Earlier memberships this term (1)
Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America, including the EU-Central America Association Parliamentary Committee
Delegation · Member · 19 Sept 2024 to 9 Feb 2025
Dossiers they work on
- VAT reverse-charge mechanism
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 17 Jun 2026
- The EU’s approach to corporate tax policy in a changing international environment
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 4 Jun 2026
- Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 22 Apr 2026
- Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 22 Apr 2026
- Research and training programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2028-2032, complementing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, and providing for the Community’s contribution to the ITER project
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 22 Apr 2026
- Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/101
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 22 Apr 2026
33 more dossiers
- Establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 22 Apr 2026
- Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 9 Apr 2026
- Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 7 Apr 2026
- Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/101
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 7 Apr 2026
- Establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 7 Apr 2026
- Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Transport and Tourism committee · 11 Mar 2026
- Amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards the access of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to value added tax information at Union level
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 11 Mar 2026
- VAT reverse-charge mechanism
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 11 Mar 2026
- Framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee. · Transport and Tourism committee · 30 Jan 2026
- Framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee. · Transport and Tourism committee · 15 Jan 2026
- Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their competition laws
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 15 Jan 2026
- Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Transport and Tourism committee · 19 Dec 2025
- Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 18 Nov 2025
- Non-financial commercial real estate statistics
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 16 Nov 2025
- European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 2 Oct 2025
- Collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 23 Sept 2025
- Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Transport and Tourism committee · 18 Jun 2025
- Amending Regulations (EU) 2015/1017, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695 and (EU) 2021/1153 as regards increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under Regulation (EU) 2021/523 and simplifying reporting requirements
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Transport and Tourism committee · 12 May 2025
- Military mobility
The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee. · Transport and Tourism committee · 12 May 2025
- Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 2 May 2025
- Amending Regulations (EU) 2015/1017, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695 and (EU) 2021/1153 as regards increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under Regulation (EU) 2021/523 and simplifying reporting requirements
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 29 Apr 2025
- Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
Shadow rapporteur for an opinion · Budgets committee · 22 Apr 2025
- Acting as a Shadow rapporteur for ''Implementation report of the Recovery and Resilience Facility - 2024/2085(INI)''
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Transport and Tourism committee · 12 Feb 2025
- Acting as Shadow rapporteur for ''Amending EU/Ukraine Agreement on the carriage of freight by road - 2024/0290(NLE)''.
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Transport and Tourism committee · 12 Feb 2025
- Acting as Shadow rapporteur for ''The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness - 2024/2118(INI)''
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Tax Matters committee · 5 Feb 2025
- Acting as Shadow Rapporteur for the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova - (COM(2024)0469– C10- 0127/2024 – 2024/0258(COD)).
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Budgets committee · 12 Dec 2024
- Acting as Shadow Rapporteur on \"\"A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world\"\" - 2024/2051(INI).
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 29 Nov 2024
- Acting as Shadow Rapporteur on Amending Directive 2014/59/EU as regards early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and financing of resolution action - 2023/0112(COD)
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 17 Oct 2024
- Acting as Shadow Rapporteur on Amending Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 as regards early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and funding of resolution action - 2023/0111(COD).
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 17 Oct 2024
- Acting as Shadow Rapporteur on Amending Directive 2014/49/EU as regards the scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency - 2023/0115(COD).
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Economic and Monetary Affairs committee · 17 Oct 2024
- Acting as Shadow Rapporteur on draft Council directive on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes (2023/0187(CNS)).
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Tax Matters committee · 10 Oct 2024
- Acting as Shadow Rapporteur on the proposal for a Council Directive on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes (2023/0187(CNS))
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Tax Matters committee · 8 Oct 2024
- Acting as Shadow Rapporteur on European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 TRAN/10/00857 2023/0163(COD) COM(2023)0269
An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. · Transport and Tourism committee · 8 Oct 2024
Beyond votes
- Speeches in plenary
- 271
- Questions
- 8
- Motions
- 25
- Amendments in committee
- 313
Topics they work on
Counted over the dossiers they speak on, lead or amend, and their questions and motions.
- Foreign affairs 58
- Economy & single market 27
- Defence & security 22
- EU budget & funds 14
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 13
- Transport & tourism 8
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 7
- Justice, rule of law & rights 7
- EU institutions & Parliament 6
- Health 5
- Climate & environment 3
- Digital, AI & data 3
- Migration & asylum 2
- Trade & customs 2
- Energy 1