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Auke ZIJLSTRA

Netherlands Netherlands PfE – Patriots for Europe Partij voor de Vrijheid

Auke ZIJLSTRA is a Member of the European Parliament from Netherlands, representing Partij voor de Vrijheid in the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Auke has submitted 1413 amendments, delivered 5 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 26 as shadow rapporteur, asked 72 questions, and filed 5 motions. Vote participation stands at 94.6% (5609 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 1413 811.1 +602 131st/743 5th/34 25th/93
Speeches 5 44.4 -39 699th/743 31st/34 84th/93
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 15th/34 12th/93
Reports (Shadow) 26 3.8 +22 6th/743 1st/34 1st/93
Questions 72 39.7 +32 126th/743 7th/34 28th/93
Motions 5 19.6 -15 323rd/743 17th/34 37th/93
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 12th/34 11th/93
Opinions (Shadow) 3 2.7 +0 198th/743 12th/34 27th/93
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 19th/34 57th/93
Vote Participation 94.6% 86.3% – 193rd/745 17th/34 22nd/94

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 BUDG – Committee on Budgets
Member ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Member ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Delegations

Substitute DEEA – Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
Member D-MD – Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Budgets (BUDG): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 28 of 44 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 14 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 15 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee (D-MD): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (DEEA): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 26.

  • 2026-06-26 A10-0183/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of digital euro services by payment services providers incorporated in Member States whose currency is not the euro and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1230 of the European Parliament and the Council (ECON)
  • 2026-06-26 A10-0184/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal tender of euro banknotes and coins (ECON)
  • 2026-06-26 A10-0185/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the digital euro (ECON)
  • 2026-06-26 A10-0186/2026 REPORT on digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system (ECON)
  • 2026-05-08 A10-0137/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions as regards requirements for securitisation exposures (ECON)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

  • 2026-05-06 ITRE_AD(2026)779396 OPINION on the draft Council decision on the interim report in view of the consent procedure on a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation (ITRE)
  • 2025-07-31 ECON_AD(2025)773417 OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement establishing an association between the European Union and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino respectively (ECON)
  • 2025-03-20 ECON_AD(2025)768176 OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law (ECON)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2023/0212(COD): 216 amendments, latest 2025-12-19 (ECON)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the digital euro
  • 2024/2051(INI): 87 amendments, latest 2025-02-24 (BUDG)
    EP document title: REPORT on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world
  • 2025/0045(COD): 66 amendments, latest 2025-05-21 (ECON)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
  • 2025/0399(COD): 54 amendments, latest 2026-05-20 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869
  • 2025/0825(COD): 48 amendments, latest 2026-02-06 (ECON)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions as regards requirements for securitisation exposures

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

Most recent 20 of 72. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-16 Constitutional coup by Péter Magyar’s government (E-10-2026-003035)
  • 2026-07-13 Possible road toll discrimination in Belgium (E-10-2026-002884)
  • 2026-06-30 Whale and dolphin hunts in the waters around the Faroe Islands ahead of the upcoming EU-Faroe Islands annual consultation (P-10-2026-002710)
  • 2026-06-24 Use of payment data by payment service providers and the purpose limitation principle of Article 5 GDPR (E-10-2026-002602)
  • 2026-06-23 Decommissioning of Chornobyl (E-10-2026-002582)
  • 2026-06-15 Nuclear power and data centres (E-10-2026-002448)
  • 2026-04-15 Follow-up question to question E-000437/2026 on concerns about funding of the NGO ECPS (E-10-2026-001557)
  • 2026-03-25 Moldova Growth Facility (E-10-2026-001247)
  • 2026-03-10 Decommissioning and recycling of offshore wind turbines (E-10-2026-000992)
  • 2026-02-11 Impact of EU transport policy on the automotive sector and budgetary impact on the EGF and net contributor Member States (E-10-2026-000588)
  • 2026-02-11 Alleged Commission interference in Member State elections through the Digital Services Act (E-10-2026-000592)
  • 2026-02-10 Automatic currency conversion of income from securities held in third countries by retail investors in the EU (E-10-2026-000543)
  • 2026-02-10 Inadequate application of EU and FATF standards in Moldova (E-10-2026-000554)
  • 2026-02-10 Consequences of Moldova joining SEPA (E-10-2026-000555)
  • 2026-02-04 Concerns about funding of the NGO ECPS (E-10-2026-000437)
  • 2026-02-04 Legal basis and extent of EU debt: facilities for Ukraine, Moldova and the Balkans (E-10-2026-000444)
  • 2025-12-18 Concerns regarding media freedom in candidate country Moldova (E-10-2025-005001)
  • 2025-12-15 Corruption scandals in the Office of the President of Ukraine and securing the Ukraine Facility (E-10-2025-004956)
  • 2025-12-02 Serious concerns about EU red tape (E-10-2025-004767)
  • 2025-12-02 Inclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood in the EU list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts (Council Decision 2001/931/CFSP) (E-10-2025-004796)

Motions for resolutions

All 5, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-03-18 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation amending Annex III to Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union framework for the national calculation of life-cycle global warming potential (B-10-2026-0178)
  • 2026-01-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market (B-10-2026-0061)
  • 2026-01-14 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2026-0063)
  • 2025-09-12 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0400)
  • 2025-06-11 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Clean Industrial Deal (B-10-2025-0278)

Individual motions for resolutions

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

  • 2024-12-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Dismantling Overregulation and Government Encroachment: reclaiming competitiveness and innovation in the European Union (B-10-2024-0214)
  • 2024-10-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cost of the European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg (B-10-2024-0120)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Auke ZIJLSTRA set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Patriots for Europe group and of the Members from Netherlands. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanPfE meanNetherlands mean
Amendments1413811.1 (higher)937.9 (higher)778.6 (higher)
Speeches544.4 (lower)32.0 (lower)39.2 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.3 (lower)0.7 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)263.8 (higher)4.0 (higher)5.0 (higher)
Questions7239.7 (higher)54.2 (higher)35.8 (higher)
Motions519.6 (lower)6.7 (lower)19.1 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.1 (lower)0.5 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)32.7 (higher)2.8 (higher)2.9 (higher)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)97.4 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Vote Participation94.6%86.3% (higher)83.5% (higher)92.0% (higher)

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