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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%.

35
declared meetings
current term
35
records since 2019
full dataset
44%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
426/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
33/81
rank in ECR

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Compared with the averages

Rihards Kols, this term
35
Parliament average
85
ECR average
56

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.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 2 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 4 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 0 declared meetingsJune 2025: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 3 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 1 declared meetingJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2025: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkJune 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: 7 declared in September 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Rihards Kols meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Latvijas Darba devēju konfederācija2
Razom We Stand2
European Leadership Network2
European Leadership Network2
Israel Allies Foundation Europe1

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
17 Jun 2026US TradeMemberEU US Relations
15 Apr 2026European Leadership Network MemberForeign Affairs
14 Apr 2026Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the EUMemberForeign Affairs
19 Mar 2026European Leadership Network MemberForeign Affairs
17 Mar 2026Taipei Representative Office in the EMemberForeign Affairs
2 Mar 2026Razom We Stand MemberRePower EU
26 Nov 2025TotalEnergies SE MemberRePower EU
25 Nov 2025US MissionMemberForeign Affairs
25 Nov 2025The European Steel Association MemberSteel safeguards
25 Nov 2025American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union MemberIntroductory Meeting
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
21 Oct 2025Mission of IsraelMemberForeign Affairs
8 Oct 2025Embassy of the Republic of IndonesiaMemberForeign Affairs
1 Oct 2025Taipei Representative OfficeMemberIntroductory Meeting
25 Sep 2025Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EUShadow rapporteurRePower EU
24 Sep 2025Razom We Stand Shadow rapporteurRePower EU
24 Sep 2025Latvijas Speciālā OlimpiādeMemberEU Special Olimpics event
24 Sep 2025Embassy of AzarbaijanMemberForeign Affairs
17 Sep 2025Canola Council of CanadaMemberInternational Trade / WTO
3 Sep 2025Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS RapporteurSecurity & Defence
2 Sep 2025Permanent Representation of Latvia to the EURapporteurSecurity & Defence
1 Jul 2025Assembly of the Cuban ResistanceMemberForeign Affairs
12 Feb 2025European Leadership Network MemberForeign Affairs
12 Feb 2025European Initiative for Energy SecurityMemberIntroductory Meeting
16 Jan 2025Latvijas Darba devēju konfederācija MemberIntroductory Meeting
14 Jan 2025Albanian ParliamentMemberForeign Affairs
23 Oct 2024US Mission to the EUMemberEU-US Relations
15 Oct 2024AEI EuropeMemberIntroductory Meeting
9 Oct 2024European Leadership Network MemberForeign Affairs
3 Oct 2024Embassy of IsraelMemberIntroductory Meeting
26 Sep 2024UAE EmbassyMemberIntroductory 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.

95%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
503
final texts voted on
of 537
90%
voted with the ECR majority
on 480 final texts
50
differed from ECR
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Rihards Kols537 final votes
73%10%11%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the ECR majority43090%
Voted differently5010%

Final texts where Rihards Kols differed from the ECR majority

DateTextTheir voteECR majority
9 July 2026RC-B10-0357/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 July 2026A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0162/2026 – Thomas Waitz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
17 June 2026A10-0146/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Motion for a resolutionForAbstained
16 June 2026A10-0148/2026 – Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez – Motion for a resolutionForAbstained
20 May 2026B10-0245/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
20 May 2026A10-0103/2026 – Andrey Kovatchev – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
29 April 2026A10-0042/2026 – Anna Strolenberg – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
29 April 2026A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAbstained
29 April 2026A10-0085/2026 – Daniel Freund – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst

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:

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.