
Member of the European Parliament · Latvia ECR
Rihards Kols
MEP for Latvia · European Conservatives & Reformists · Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!" - "Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK" · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Rihards Kols (ECR, 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 33 of 81 within European Conservatives & Reformists.
44% 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%.
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Compared with the averages
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: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 7 in Sep 2025.
Busiest month: 7 declared in September 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Rihards Kols meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Latvijas Darba devēju konfederācija | 2 |
| Razom We Stand | 2 |
| European Leadership Network | 2 |
| European Leadership Network | 2 |
| Israel Allies Foundation Europe | 1 |
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
Energy (3), Business federations & chambers (1), Chemicals & manufacturing (1)
Meetings by committee topic
International Trade (9), Foreign Affairs (7), Industry, Research and Energy (2)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | US Trade | Member | EU US Relations |
| 15 Apr 2026 | European Leadership Network ↗ | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the EU | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 19 Mar 2026 | European Leadership Network ↗ | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Taipei Representative Office in the E | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 2 Mar 2026 | Razom We Stand ↗ | Member | RePower EU |
| 26 Nov 2025 | TotalEnergies SE ↗ | Member | RePower EU |
| 25 Nov 2025 | US Mission | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 25 Nov 2025 | The European Steel Association ↗ | Member | Steel safeguards |
| 25 Nov 2025 | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union ↗ | Member | Introductory Meeting |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | Mission of Israel | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Taipei Representative Office | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU | Shadow rapporteur | RePower EU |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Razom We Stand ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | RePower EU |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Latvijas Speciālā Olimpiāde | Member | EU Special Olimpics event |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Embassy of Azarbaijan | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 17 Sep 2025 | Canola Council of Canada | Member | International Trade / WTO |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS ↗ | Rapporteur | Security & Defence |
| 2 Sep 2025 | Permanent Representation of Latvia to the EU | Rapporteur | Security & Defence |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Assembly of the Cuban Resistance | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 12 Feb 2025 | European Leadership Network ↗ | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 12 Feb 2025 | European Initiative for Energy Security | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 16 Jan 2025 | Latvijas Darba devēju konfederācija ↗ | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Albanian Parliament | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 23 Oct 2024 | US Mission to the EU | Member | EU-US Relations |
| 15 Oct 2024 | AEI Europe | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 9 Oct 2024 | European Leadership Network ↗ | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Embassy of Israel | Member | Introductory Meeting |
| 26 Sep 2024 | UAE Embassy | Member | Introductory Meeting |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Rihards Kols 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 480 final texts where more than half of ECR members casting a vote went one way, and Rihards Kols 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.
Final texts where Rihards Kols differed from the ECR majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | ECR majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2026 | RC-B10-0357/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0162/2026 – Thomas Waitz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 17 June 2026 | A10-0146/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolution | For | Abstained |
| 16 June 2026 | A10-0148/2026 – Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez – Motion for a resolution | For | Abstained |
| 20 May 2026 | B10-0245/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 20 May 2026 | A10-0103/2026 – Andrey Kovatchev – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 29 April 2026 | A10-0085/2026 – Daniel Freund – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
40 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
2 counterpart entrys in Rihards Kols's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Assembly of the Cuban Resistance” - likely Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (1 counterpart entry)
- “Canola Council of Canada” - likely Canola Council of Canada (1 counterpart entry)
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