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Sandra Kalniete, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Latvia EPP

Sandra Kalniete

MEP for Latvia · European People's Party · Jaunā Vienotība · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Sandra Kalniete (EPP, Latvia) has declared 14 lobby meetings this term - rank 536 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the lighter declaration records in the Parliament - against an average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 142 of 185 within European People's Party.

43% 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%.

14
declared meetings
current term
14
records since 2019
full dataset
43%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
536/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
142/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Sandra Kalniete, this term
14
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

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: 3 in Mar 2025.

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: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 3 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 1 declared meetingJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 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 meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkSeptember 2025: 33.3% 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: 3 declared in March 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Sandra Kalniete meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Free Russia Foundation4
RUSI Europe1
Fortzer1
Free Russia Forum1
Latvian Young farmers1

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

Human rights & humanitarian (4)

Meetings by committee topic

Foreign Affairs (10), European Democracy Shield (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
22 Sep 2025Free Russia ForumMemberRussian opposition
17 Sep 2025RUSI Europe MemberSanctions on Russia
16 Sep 2025UK representation to the EUMemberRussia
4 Jun 2025Free Russia Foundation MemberRussian opposition
21 May 2025OCCRPMemberInvestigative journalism
13 May 2025Free Russia Foundation MemberRussian opposition
11 Mar 2025Ukrainian activists - volunteersMemberWar in Ukraine
6 Mar 2025Free Russia Foundation MemberState of Russia's opposition
6 Mar 2025Transparency International UkraineMemberTransparency in Ukraine
21 Feb 2025Zemnieku SaeimaMemberEU agriculture policy
Show 4 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
13 Feb 2025Free Russia Foundation MemberEU sanctions on Russia
23 Jan 2025Diplomacy Plus MemberBrussels Dialogue
15 Jan 2025Students from Vidzeme University of Applied SciencesMemberEP policy priorities
11 Dec 2024Latvian Young farmersMemberYoung farmers in the EU

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Sandra Kalniete 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.

91%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
473
final texts voted on
of 537
97%
voted with the EPP majority
on 469 final texts
13
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Sandra Kalniete537 final votes
82%12%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 469 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Sandra Kalniete 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 EPP majority45697%
Voted differently133%

Final texts where Sandra Kalniete differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
16 December 2025B10-0559/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
16 December 2025B10-0562/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
25 November 2025B10-0490/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
8 October 2025B10-0407/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
9 July 2025B10-0318/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 May 2025B10-0244/2025 - Proposition de résolutionForAgainst
12 February 2025B10-0061/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst

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