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Mārtiņš Staķis, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Latvia Greens/EFA

Mārtiņš Staķis

MEP for Latvia · Greens/EFA · Progresīvie · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Mārtiņš Staķis (Greens/EFA, Latvia) has declared 35 lobby meetings this term - rank 426 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 47 of 53 within Greens/EFA.

41% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

35
declared meetings
current term
35
records since 2019
full dataset
41%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
426/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
47/53
rank in Greens/EFA

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Compared with the averages

Mārtiņš Staķis, this term
35
Parliament average
85
Greens/EFA average
128

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, 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 6 in Apr 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 4 declared meetingsApril 2026: 6 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJanuary 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkMay 2025: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJuly 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkSeptember 2026: 100% 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: 6 declared in April 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Mārtiņš Staķis meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Civic Alliance-Latvia2
RTX Corporation2
China Risks Limited1
Microsoft Corporation1
Latvijas Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības kamera1

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

Transport & automotive (5), Technology & digital (3), Finance (1)

Meetings by committee topic

Security and Defence (23), Regional Development (3)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Sep 2026Deutsche Bank AG MemberBank funding for the defence industry
10 Jun 2026Representative of Ireland to the Political and Security CommitteeMemberIreland Presidency Priorities
10 Jun 2026Latvijas Dabas fondsMemberNature and Environmental Policy
25 May 2026Origin Robotics SIA; Newt21 SIA; Oruga SIAMemberDefence Innovation
11 May 2026European Innovation CouncilRapporteurDefence Innovation
6 May 2026LMT DefenceMemberDefence Innovation
5 May 2026DIGITALEUROPE RapporteurDefence Innovation
5 May 2026Eurocities MemberFunding for cities in next MFF
29 Apr 2026The Embassy of Ecuador in BerlinMemberVisa policy
26 Apr 2026Microsoft Corporation MemberCybersecurity Threats
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
20 Apr 2026Société nationale SNCF Shadow rapporteurMilitary Mobility Regulation
16 Apr 2026European Investment BankRapporteurFunding for Defence Innovation
14 Apr 2026Raytheon Technologies MemberDefence Industry in Europe
8 Apr 2026NATO DIANARapporteurDefence Innovation
26 Mar 2026DG DEFIS; European Defence AgencyRapporteurDefence Innovation
25 Mar 2026Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LTRK)MemberEastern Border Regions
23 Mar 2026NATORapporteurDefence Innovation
13 Mar 2026French Ambassador to Latvia; Canadian Ambassador to LatviaMemberIntroductory Meeting
17 Feb 2026Latvijas BankaMemberDigital Euro
4 Feb 2026International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM)MemberIntroductory Meeting
19 Dec 2025Latvijas Pilsoniskā alianseMemberMFF 2028-2034
4 Dec 2025EuropeActive MemberIntroductory Meeting
26 Nov 2025logos public affairs Shadow rapporteurDefence Investments and Industry
12 Nov 2025Patria Oyj Shadow rapporteurDefence Omnibus
4 Nov 2025Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)MemberBusiness Environment and Investment Climate
4 Nov 2025Ambassador of Brazil to the European UnionMemberMercosur Agreement
14 Oct 2025European Logistics PlatformShadow rapporteurMilitary Mobility
13 Oct 2025techUK MemberEU-UK Defence Cooperation
5 Sep 2025Civic Alliance-Latvia MemberEU Strategy for Civic Engagement
4 Sep 2025UNIFE Shadow rapporteurMilitary Mobility

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Mārtiņš Staķis 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.

97%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
524
final texts voted on
of 537
96%
voted with the Greens/EFA majority
on 521 final texts
23
differed from Greens/EFA
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Mārtiņš Staķis537 final votes
82%11%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 521 final texts where more than half of Greens/EFA members casting a vote went one way, and Mārtiņš Staķis 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 Greens/EFA majority49896%
Voted differently234%

Final texts where Mārtiņš Staķis differed from the Greens/EFA majority

DateTextTheir voteGreens/EFA majority
7 July 2026C10-0139/2026 – Commission proposalForAgainst
7 July 2026A10-0170/2026 – Joachim Streit – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
20 May 2026A10-0090/2026 – Moritz Körner – Draft Council decisionAbstainedAgainst
30 April 2026RC-B10-0216/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
29 April 2026A10-0071/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decisionForAgainst
29 April 2026A10-0072/2026 – Jaroslav Bžoch – Draft Council decisionForAgainst
28 April 2026A10-0080/2026 – Julien Sanchez – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
28 April 2026A10-0086/2026 – Dick Erixon – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
26 March 2026A10-0069/2026 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposalForAgainst
26 March 2026A10-0045/2026 – Chloé Ridel, Hildegard Bentele – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

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

Unlinked but matchable

5 counterpart entrys in Mārtiņš Staķis'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.