Committees and delegations

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

Committees

• Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 31 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
• Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union (HOUS): Substitute, since 2025-01-23. Attended 5 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on International Trade (INTA): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 15 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

• Delegation for relations with South Africa (D-ZA): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
• Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (DANZ): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 7.

• 2025-11-11 A10-0226/2025 REPORT on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (AFET, INTA)
• 2025-09-12 A10-0161/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2021/2116 as regards the strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain (AGRI)
• 2025-07-16 A10-0141/2025 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (INTA)
• 2025-07-16 A10-0143/2025 REPORT on the future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy (AGRI)
• 2024-12-05 A10-0023/2024 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (INTA)

Amendments by procedure

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

• 2023/0448(COD): 179 amendments, latest 2025-04-16 (TRAN, AGRI)
• 2025/0241(COD): 153 amendments, latest 2026-07-14 (AGRI)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034
• 2025/2052(INI): 110 amendments, latest 2025-06-05 (AGRI)
  EP document title: REPORT on the future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy
• 2025/2070(INI): 105 amendments, latest 2025-10-22 (HOUS)
  EP document title: REPORT on the housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
• 2025/0555(COD): 73 amendments, latest 2026-05-19 (AGRI)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU)

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.

• 2026-07-07 Supply of sustainable aviation fuel and implementation of the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation (E-10-2026-002800)
• 2026-07-07 Transparency regarding EU-funded infrastructure destroyed in Gaza (E-10-2026-002805)
• 2026-06-24 EU food additive rules and their impact on reformulation and sugar reduction (E-10-2026-002615)
• 2026-06-24 Accessibility of public services for individuals with learning disabilities (E-10-2026-002619)
• 2026-06-04 Vehicle type approval divergence and the Northern Ireland vehicle market (E-10-2026-002316)
• 2026-03-18 The impact on SMEs of the immediate application of anti-dumping duties on ceramic imports from China (E-10-2026-001114)
• 2025-10-20 Follow-up on the Commission’s answer to question E-001324/2025 on the compatibility with Community law of Italy’s Interministerial Decree Law No 688 of 24 May 2023 (P-10-2025-004127)
• 2025-04-09 Possible deportation of EU nationals from Germany owing to their participation in public demonstrations (E-10-2025-001457)
• 2025-04-02 Transparency with regard to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (E-10-2025-001373)
• 2024-09-26 The spread of bluetongue virus throughout the EU (E-10-2024-001845)

Questions for oral answer

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

• 2025-07-07 Access to baby formula in Gaza (O-10-2025-000023)
• 2024-11-26 ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024 (O-10-2024-000016)

Motions for resolutions

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

• 2026-02-12 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine

Individual motions for resolutions

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

• 2026-05-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on holding Israel to account for breaches of human rights and international law (B-10-2026-0267)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Barry COWEN set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Renew Europe group and of the Members from Ireland. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

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