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Member of the European Parliament · Czechia PfE

Jaroslav Knot

MEP for Czechia · Patriots for Europe · ANO 2011 · official EP profile

Joined 31 July 2025ECON

As of 7 November 2026, Jaroslav Knot (PfE, Czechia) has declared 2 lobby meetings this term - rank 645 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 11 other MEPs.

Jaroslav Knot took the seat on 31 July 2025, so the term-wide average of 100 meetings per MEP and the ranks below cover a longer period than this record does; they are not a like-for-like comparison.

50% 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 52%.

2
declared meetings
current term
2
records since 2016
full dataset
50%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
645/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 11 others; joined 31 July 2025; not like‑for‑like
74/85
rank in PfE
tied with 3 others; joined 31 July 2025; not like‑for‑like

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Compared with the averages

Jaroslav Knot, this term
2
Parliament average
100
PfE average
32

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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024. Jaroslav Knot took the seat on 31 July 2025; the months before that are shaded, not counted as months without meetings.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 1 in Oct 2025.

not yet seated0%25%50%75%100%01July 2024: before taking the seatAugust 2024: before taking the seatSeptember 2024: before taking the seatOctober 2024: before taking the seatNovember 2024: before taking the seatDecember 2024: before taking the seatJanuary 2025: before taking the seatFebruary 2025: before taking the seatMarch 2025: before taking the seatApril 2025: before taking the seatMay 2025: before taking the seatJune 2025: before taking the seatJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termtook seatMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkOctober 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkFebruary 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026not yet seated0%25%50%75%100%01July 2024: before taking the seatAugust 2024: before taking the seatSeptember 2024: before taking the seatOctober 2024: before taking the seatNovember 2024: before taking the seatDecember 2024: before taking the seatJanuary 2025: before taking the seatFebruary 2025: before taking the seatMarch 2025: before taking the seatApril 2025: before taking the seatMay 2025: before taking the seatJune 2025: before taking the seatJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 1 declared meetingNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 1 declared meetingMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termtook seatMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkOctober 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkFebruary 2026: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%01took seat202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 2024 -
Jun 2025
not yet seated
Jul 20250-
Aug 20250-
Sep 20250-
Oct 20251100%
Nov 20250-
Dec 20250-
Jan 20260-
Feb 202610%
Mar 20260-
Apr 20260-
May 20260-
Jun 20260-
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20260-
Oct 20260-
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 1 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Jaroslav Knot meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
European Cigar Manufacturers Association1
Counsellor of Mission of Norway to the EU1

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

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Consumer & retail (1)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Transport and Tourism (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
25 Feb 2026Counsellor of Mission of Norway to the EUMemberInformation Meeting regarding the working on the EU Transport Policy
1 Oct 2025European Cigar Manufacturers Association⁠↗MemberDiscussion about TTD in relation to the new categorization

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 4,319 roll-call votes while Jaroslav Knot held the seat, 395 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.

82%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 4,319 held while seated
326
final texts voted on
of 395
64%
voted with the PfE majority
on 310 final texts
111
differed from PfE
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 395 final votes held while seated.

Jaroslav Knot395 final votes
51%16%16%17%
For 200Against 62Abstained 64No vote recorded 69

With and against the group

On the 310 final texts where more than half of PfE members casting a vote went one way, and Jaroslav Knot 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 PfE majority19964%
Voted differently11136%

Final texts where Jaroslav Knot differed from the PfE majority

DateTextTheir votePfE majority
22 October 2026RC-B10-0476/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0476/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
22 October 2026Establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888 A10-0257/2026 · Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski · Commission proposalForAbstained
22 October 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross-border cooperation A10-0264/2026 · Jacek Protas · Motion for a resolutionForAbstained
21 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87769 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0469/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
21 October 2026The Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 A10-0272/2026 · Nils Ušakovs and Michalis Hadjipantela · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
21 October 2026Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States A10-0260/2026 · Li Andersson · Commission proposal to the CouncilAbstainedAgainst
21 October 2026Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition A10-0259/2026 · Brigitte van den Berg · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstAbstained
8 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the pilot project on European Schools Alliances B10-0436/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
7 October 2026Council directive amending Directive (EU) 2015/637 on the coordination and cooperation measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens… A10-0254/2026 · Lena Düpont · Commission proposalAbstainedAgainst
6 October 2026With recommendations to the Commission on psychosocial risk, stress and mental health at work A10-0225/2026 · Estelle Ceulemans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst

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