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Dirk GOTINK

Netherlands Netherlands EPP – European People's Party Nieuw Sociaal Contract

Dirk GOTINK is a Member of the European Parliament from Netherlands, representing Nieuw Sociaal Contract in the European People's Party (EPP) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Dirk has submitted 1061 amendments, delivered 45 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 4 as shadow rapporteur, asked 24 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation stands at 97.6% (5787 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 1061 811.1 +250 207th/743 8th/34 43rd/193
Speeches 45 44.4 +1 236th/743 14th/34 47th/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 15th/34 96th/193
Reports (Shadow) 4 3.8 +0 220th/743 15th/34 14th/193
Questions 24 39.7 -16 420th/743 18th/34 57th/193
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 28th/34 138th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 1 0.6 +0 85th/743 5th/34 30th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 2 2.7 -1 273rd/743 16th/34 31st/193
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 19th/34 88th/193
Vote Participation 97.6% 86.3% – 83rd/745 13th/34 22nd/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 ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Vice-Chair HOUS – Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union
Substitute IMCO – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Substitute CONT – Committee on Budgetary Control
Substitute INTA – Committee on International Trade

Delegations

Substitute D-MX – Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee
Vice-Chair D-AF – Delegation for relations with Afghanistan

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 19 of 42 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 30 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union (HOUS): Vice-Chair, since 2025-01-30. Attended 13 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 27 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on International Trade (INTA): Substitute, since 2026-03-11. Attended 3 of 7 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (D-AF): Vice-Chair, since 2024-10-03
  • Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-MX): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 4, most recent first.

  • 2026-04-10 A10-0086/2026 REPORT on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 (CONT)
  • 2025-09-29 A10-0169/2025 SECOND REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2023 (CONT)
  • 2025-07-18 A10-0148/2025 REPORT on the nomination of Joëlle Elvinger as a Member of the Court of Auditors (CONT)
  • 2025-04-14 A10-0065/2025 REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agencies for the financial year 2023 (CONT)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-04-02 CONT_AD(2025)768034 OPINION on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (CONT)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2025-04-08 CONT_AD(2025)766634 OPINION on the implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (CONT)
  • 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 Dirk GOTINK has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/2070(INI): 303 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
  • 2025/0362(COD): 118 amendments, latest 2026-07-06 (ECON)
    EP document title: OPINION Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives (EU) 2016/2341 and 2016/97 as regards the strengthening of the framework for occupational retirement provision
  • 2024/2051(INI): 96 amendments, latest 2025-03-05 (CONT)
    EP document title: REPORT on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world
  • 2024/2085(INI): 64 amendments, latest 2025-03-24 (BUDG, ECON)
    EP document title: REPORT on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility
  • 2025/0590(COD): 63 amendments, latest 2026-05-11 (CONT)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/444, (EU) 2021/690, (EU) 2021/785, (EU) 2021/847 and (EU) 2021/1077

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 24. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-06-19 TikTok Shop and the protection of young consumers and the internal market (E-10-2026-002548)
  • 2026-06-01 Evidence of systemic failures by online platforms to tackle financial scams (E-10-2026-002217)
  • 2026-05-07 Possible unlawful use of more than EUR 2 billion in Recovery and Resilience Facility funds by the Government of Spain (E-10-2026-001897)
  • 2026-04-09 Use of a non-EU listed contractor by the Commission in the evaluation of European public tenders (P-10-2026-001457)
  • 2026-01-26 Misleading of consumers on Vinted (E-10-2026-000292)
  • 2025-12-09 EU financing of Islamic University of Science and Technology of Gaziantep (E-10-2025-004870)
  • 2025-11-26 Dutch decision-making on Nexperia (P-10-2025-004696)
  • 2025-11-17 Ensuring that prudential requirements under the Capital Requirements Regulation/Capital Requirements Directive do not undermine the omnibus package’s efforts to simplify reporting for SMEs (E-10-2025-004575)
  • 2025-11-12 Child-like sex dolls for sale: major e-commerce platforms failing to comply with EU law (E-10-2025-004488)
  • 2025-10-15 Postponement of the establishment of the first solidarity pool under Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 (P-10-2025-004052)
  • 2025-10-08 Risks associated with the opening of physical stores by Chinese e-commerce platform Shein (E-10-2025-003936)
  • 2025-07-09 Call for action on fair enforcement of maintenance obligations and Czechia’s use of the European arrest warrant (P-10-2025-002806)
  • 2025-05-28 Reintroduction of import duties on Ukrainian products by the Commission (E-10-2025-002159)
  • 2025-05-28 Aircraft noise around Schiphol (P-10-2025-002158)
  • 2025-04-25 Different interpretations of state support rules impact 500 jobs (E-10-2025-001676)
  • 2025-04-16 The dangers of counterfeit medication ordered online in the EU (P-10-2025-001561)
  • 2025-01-09 The online promotion of crypto-assets by Elon Musk in relation to the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) (E-10-2025-000057)
  • 2025-01-09 New Spanish registration system for tourists (E-10-2025-000066)
  • 2024-12-09 The spread of disinformation by recommender systems and other automated mechanisms as a systemic risk under the Digital Services Act (E-10-2024-002826)
  • 2024-12-05 The role of TikTok in the Romanian presidential election (E-10-2024-002794)

Motions for resolutions

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

  • 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)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Dirk GOTINK set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party 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 meanEPP meanNetherlands mean
Amendments1061811.1 (higher)732.9 (higher)778.6 (higher)
Speeches4544.4 (higher)40.8 (higher)39.2 (higher)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.0 (lower)0.7 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)43.8 (higher)1.5 (higher)5.0 (lower)
Questions2439.7 (lower)21.4 (higher)35.8 (lower)
Motions119.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)19.1 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)10.6 (higher)0.7 (higher)0.5 (higher)
Opinions (Shadow)22.7 (lower)1.3 (higher)2.9 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Vote Participation97.6%86.3% (higher)86.1% (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.