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Arba KOKALARI

Sweden Sweden EPP – European People's Party Moderaterna

Arba KOKALARI is a Member of the European Parliament from Sweden, representing Moderaterna in the European People's Party (EPP) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Arba has submitted 876 amendments, delivered 20 speeches, authored 2 reports as rapporteur and 3 as shadow rapporteur, asked 10 questions, and filed 11 motions. Vote participation stands at 86.5% (5129 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 876 811.1 +65 268th/743 5th/21 55th/193
Speeches 20 44.4 -24 556th/743 20th/21 123rd/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 2 0.8 +1 64th/743 3rd/21 25th/193
Reports (Shadow) 3 3.8 -1 285th/743 10th/21 25th/193
Questions 10 39.7 -30 613th/743 20th/21 138th/193
Motions 11 19.6 -9 212th/743 14th/21 64th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 12th/21 70th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 14th/21 53rd/193
Explanations of Vote 23 43.0 -20 168th/743 5th/21 36th/193
Vote Participation 86.5% 86.3% – 470th/745 18th/21 125th/193

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Member IMCO – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Member FEMM – Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Substitute EMPL – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Substitute ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Delegations

Member D-AL – Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
Substitute D-CA – Delegation for relations with Canada
Substitute D-US – Delegation for relations with the United States
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Committees and delegations

Arba KOKALARI holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 10 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 4 of 38 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 17 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 18 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (D-AL): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with Canada (D-CA): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US): Substitute, since 2025-06-23

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-03-19 A10-0073/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) (IMCO, LIBE)
  • 2025-11-11 A10-0225/2025 REPORT on the impact of artificial intelligence on the financial sector (ECON)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

  • 2026-03-11 A10-0047/2026 REPORT on the importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (FEMM, LIBE)
  • 2025-10-24 A10-0207/2025 RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013 (EMPL)
  • 2025-07-16 A10-0140/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive (IMCO)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-07-10 FEMM_AD(2026)785117 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034 (FEMM)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Arba KOKALARI has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/0360(COD): 80 amendments, latest 2026-07-27 (IMCO)
  • 2025/2133(INI): 74 amendments, latest 2025-10-02 (EMPL)
    EP document title: REPORT on addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights
  • 2023/0435(COD): 55 amendments, latest 2025-03-31 (IMCO)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive
  • 2024/2103(INI): 52 amendments, latest 2025-04-14 (EMPL)
    EP document title: REPORT on public procurement
  • 2025/2080(INL): 43 amendments, latest 2025-09-01 (EMPL)
    EP document title: REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

All 10, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-16 Reforming European venture capital funds (EuVECA) to finance Europe’s start-ups and scale-ups (E-10-2026-003009)
  • 2026-07-16 Preventing the unwarranted classification of linear and logistic regression models as AI systems (E-10-2026-003010)
  • 2026-05-06 Continuity of tertiary education for pregnant women and women with children (E-10-2026-001857)
  • 2025-11-06 Application of the Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive for products already placed on the market (E-10-2025-004392)
  • 2025-03-19 Seizing the Russian shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea: the Commission’s measures to prevent vessel sales (E-10-2025-001174)
  • 2024-12-18 Abortion rights in the EU (E-10-2024-003006)
  • 2024-12-16 Impact of DAC7 on second-hand trade (E-10-2024-002968)
  • 2024-11-26 AI liability directive (E-10-2024-002654)
  • 2024-10-22 Security considerations linked to the reconstruction of Ukraine’s telecom infrastructure (E-10-2024-002209)
  • 2024-09-26 The Working Time Directive as a challenge for the defence industry (E-10-2024-001846)

Motions for resolutions

All 10, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-07-01 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 (B-10-2026-0338)
  • 2026-06-17 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on political prisoners in Nicaragua – the cases of Carlos Brenes, Salvadora del Socorro Martínez Aburto and Brooklyn Rivera
  • 2026-06-17 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso
  • 2026-06-17 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich
  • 2026-06-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso (B-10-2026-0321)
  • 2026-06-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich (B-10-2026-0328)
  • 2026-06-15 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Political prisoners in Nicaragua – the cases of Carlos Brenes, Salvadora del Socorro Martínez Aburto and Brooklyn Rivera (B-10-2026-0292)
  • 2025-11-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on protection of EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materials (B-10-2025-0500)
  • 2025-10-08 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China
  • 2025-10-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China (B-10-2025-0433)

Written explanations of vote

20 of 23, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • 2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text
  • A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector
  • Draft amending budget no 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024
  • Draft amending budget no 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025
  • Draft amending budget no 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025
  • Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system
  • Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville
  • Gender Equality Strategy 2025
  • Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors
  • General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections
  • Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2024/003 BE/Van Hool – Belgium
  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch
  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/002 BE/Limburg machinery and paper - Belgium
  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2025/000 TA 2025 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN - Belgium
  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 - Germany
  • Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/006 BE/ Audi - Belgium
  • Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market
  • Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Arba KOKALARI set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party group and of the Members from Sweden. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanEPP meanSweden mean
Amendments876811.1 (higher)732.9 (higher)731.0 (higher)
Speeches2044.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)50.3 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)20.8 (higher)1.0 (higher)1.3 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)33.8 (lower)1.5 (higher)4.6 (lower)
Questions1039.7 (lower)21.4 (lower)44.0 (lower)
Motions1119.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)34.8 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.7 (lower)1.5 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)12.7 (lower)1.3 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Explanations of Vote2343.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)12.5 (higher)
Vote Participation86.5%86.3% (higher)86.1% (higher)93.9% (lower)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.