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Member of the European Parliament · Latvia Renew

Ivars Ijabs

MEP for Latvia · Renew Europe · Latvijas attīstībai · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Ivars Ijabs (Renew, Latvia) has declared 38 lobby meetings this term - rank 418 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 71 of 77 within Renew Europe.

56% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - close to the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

38
declared meetings
current term
50
records since 2019
full dataset
56%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
418/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
71/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Ivars Ijabs, this term
38
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

Transparency this term

Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 1 declared meeting in Sep 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 9 in Dec 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 9 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 4 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 1 declared meetingAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkMay 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkNovember 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJuly 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 9 declared in December 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Ivars Ijabs meets most

Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.

Where the meetings cluster

Most-met sectors

Technology & digital (6), Business federations & chambers (5), Chemicals & manufacturing (5)

Meetings by committee topic

Industry, Research and Energy (12), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (9), D-IL (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
8 Sep 2026SpaceXMemberCivic resilience and Digital sovereignty
15 Jul 2026EESC ESCP EUROPERapporteurAGILE
31 Mar 2026Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EUShadow rapporteurResearch and Innovation and FP10
11 Mar 2026Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries Shadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
10 Mar 2026Israel's Ambassador to the EUMemberEU relations with Israel
25 Feb 2026EARTOShadow rapporteurHorizon Europe
3 Feb 2026Aalto University / Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiöMemberResearch and Innovation and Horizon Europe
30 Jan 2026EUA, Coimbra Group, EU-LIFE, The Guild, LERU, YERUNShadow rapporteurResearch and Innovation and FP10
27 Jan 2026Technische Universiteit Delft MemberEU Quantum Policy
12 Nov 2025Patria Oyj Shadow rapporteurEuropean Defense Readiness and Military Capacity
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
24 Sep 2025European Emergency Number Association MemberImproving Resilience through the Digital Networks Act
13 May 2025Philip Morris International Inc. MemberTaxation and Public Health
26 Mar 2025Japan Tobacco InternationalMemberTaxation and Public Health
26 Mar 2025eBayShadow rapporteurEnd-of-life vehicles Regulation
25 Mar 2025ISC2MemberCybersecurity Strategy
17 Mar 2025SAFRAN Shadow rapporteurEuropean defence industry programme (EDIP)
4 Feb 2025Scania; Hyundai Motor Europe Shadow rapporteurEnd-of-life vehicles Regulation
29 Jan 2025Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries MemberHorizon Europe
29 Jan 2025Glass for Europe Shadow rapporteurEnd-of-life vehicles Regulation
28 Jan 2025eBay; Mazda Motor Logistics Europe N.V. Shadow rapporteurEnd-of-life vehicles Regulation
13 Dec 2024The Bank of New York Mellon ; RTX Corporation ; PwCIL ; Microsoft Corporation ; IBM Corporation ; Honeywell Europe NV ; General Electric Company ; Ernst & Young Core Business Services BV ; DuPont de Nemours International SARL ; Citigroup Inc. ; Cisco Systems Inc. ; Boeing International Corporation - Belgium Branch Office ; American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union ; Access Partnership Shadow rapporteurEuropean defence industry programme (EDIP)
10 Dec 2024American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union ; GE AerospaceShadow rapporteurEuropean defence industry programme (EDIP)
6 Dec 2024Ambassador of Azerbaijan to LatviaMemberThe bilateral cooperation between the EU and Azerbaijan
5 Dec 2024Permanent Representation of Poland to the EUShadow rapporteurEuropean defence industry programme (EDIP)
5 Dec 2024Permanent Representation of Poland to the EURapporteurLate Payments Regulation
4 Dec 2024European Institute of Innovation and TechnologyMemberEurope’s competitiveness through innovation and skills development
3 Dec 2024Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries MemberDigital Policy
3 Dec 2024BUSINESSEUROPE ; Kreab Worldwide RapporteurLate payments regulation
3 Dec 2024Quantum Community NetworkMemberQuantum Technologies and European competitiveness
15 Nov 2024Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU; EUROCHAMBRES – Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry RapporteurLate payments regulation

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Ivars Ijabs held the seat, 537 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.

75%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
396
final texts voted on
of 537
96%
voted with the Renew majority
on 385 final texts
14
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Ivars Ijabs537 final votes
65%8%26%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 385 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Ivars Ijabs also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.

Voted with the Renew majority37196%
Voted differently144%

Final texts where Ivars Ijabs differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
12 March 2026A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
17 December 2025A10-0244/2025 – Andrzej Buła – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
26 November 2025C10-0263/2025 – Commission proposalForAgainst
13 November 2025A10-0197/2025 – Jörgen Warborn – Commission proposalForAgainst
8 October 2025B10-0407/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)AbstainedFor
13 March 2025RC-B10-0177/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

4 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

9 counterpart entrys in Ivars Ijabs's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.