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 8 November 2026, Rihards Kols (ECR, Latvia) has declared 48 lobby meetings this term - rank 409 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.
That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 34 of 84 in the ECR group.
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 52%.
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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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.
Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 7 in Sep 2025.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 2 | 100% |
| Aug 2024 | 2 | 50% |
| Sep 2024 | 2 | 50% |
| Oct 2024 | 4 | 25% |
| Nov 2024 | 0 | - |
| Dec 2024 | 0 | - |
| Jan 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Feb 2025 | 3 | 25% |
| Mar 2025 | 1 | 100% |
| Apr 2025 | 2 | 100% |
| May 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jun 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jul 2025 | 1 | 0% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 28.6% |
| Oct 2025 | 3 | 0% |
| Nov 2025 | 4 | 75% |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | - |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | - |
| Feb 2026 | 0 | - |
| Mar 2026 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Apr 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| May 2026 | 0 | - |
| Jun 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Jul 2026 | 1 | 0% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 2 | 0% |
| Oct 2026 | 6 | 50% |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 7 declared in September 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
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 |
| AJC Transatlantic Institute | 2 |
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
Energy (4), Technology & digital (2), Agriculture & food (1)
Meetings by committee topic this term
Foreign Affairs (12), International Trade (9), Industry, Research and Energy (5)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | Mission of China to the EU | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 20 Oct 2026 | ICEYE Oy↗ | Member | Space policy |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Mission of Canada to the EU | Shadow rapporteur | ECF |
| 15 Oct 2026 | EPPA SA↗ | Member | RoHS |
| 7 Oct 2026 | AJC Transatlantic Institute↗ | Member | foreign affairs |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium | Member | Foreign affairs |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Rail Baltic | Member | General matters |
| 8 Jul 2026 | UK Mission to the EU | Member | Foreign Affairs |
| 17 Jun 2026 | US Trade | Member | EU US Relations |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Rihards Kols held the seat, 606 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 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 536 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October 2026 | The 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) | For | Abstained |
| 16 September 2026 | Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/444, (EU) 2021/690, (EU) 2021/785, (EU)… A10-0216/2026 · Adnan Dibrani · Commission proposal | For | Abstained |
| 15 September 2026 | The findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield A10-0199/2026 · Tomas Tobé · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Against |
| 15 September 2026 | The implementation of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 A10-0219/2026 · Sabrina Repp · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 15 September 2026 | The Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026 of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – Update on revenue (own resources) and adjustments… A10-0224/2026 · Andrzej Halicki · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 9 July 2026 | RC-B10-0357/2026 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0357/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 7 July 2026 | A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector A10-0169/2026 · Matthias Ecke · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
| 17 June 2026 | The 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia A10-0162/2026 · Thomas Waitz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 17 June 2026 | Containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between… A10-0146/2026 · Karin Karlsbro · Motion for a resolution | For | Abstained |
| 16 June 2026 | The role of trade in strengthening the EU’s economic security A10-0148/2026 · Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez · Motion for a resolution | For | Abstained |
45 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
2 counterpart entries 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)
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.