Committees and delegations

Elsi KATAINEN 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 35 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Regional Development (REGI): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 20 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

• Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US): Substitute, since 2024-09-27
• Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (DANZ): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 5, most recent first.

• 2025-10-02 A10-0176/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests (AGRI, ENVI)
• 2025-10-01 A10-0175/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee (AGRI, ENVI)
• 2025-06-04 A10-0092/2025 REPORT on strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy (REGI)
• 2025-03-25 A10-0043/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on fodder plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in Ukraine on beet seed-producing crops and oil plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of beet seed and oil plant seed produced in Ukraine (AGRI)
• 2024-12-04 A10-0022/2024 REPORT on the amended proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC as regards the forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category, its labelling and the names of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production (AGRI)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

• 2026-06-17 REGI_AD(2026)782254 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards the school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme (‘EU school scheme’), sectoral interventions, the creation of a protein sector, requirements for hemp, the possibility for marketing standards for cheese, protein crops and meat, application of additional import duties, rules on the availability of supplies in time of emergencies and severe crisis and securities (REGI)
• 2026-04-16 REGI_AD(2026)782352 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 (REGI)
• 2025-05-06 AGRI_AD(2025)770263 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus (AGRI)

Amendments by procedure

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

• 2023/0448(COD): 167 amendments, latest 2025-04-16 (TRAN, AGRI)
• 2025/0240(COD): 151 amendments, latest 2026-06-30 (CJ71)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
• 2025/0241(COD): 70 amendments, latest 2026-07-13 (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
• 2023/0413(COD): 58 amendments, latest 2025-03-03 (ENVI, AGRI)
  EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests
• 2025/0555(COD): 57 amendments, latest 2026-02-12 (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 17, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

• 2026-08-31 National preparation of national and regional partnership plans (E-10-2026-003377)
• 2026-07-20 The importance of mandatory origin labelling in creating added value in the livestock sector (E-10-2026-003060)
• 2026-02-19 Commission action in favour of the eastern regions of the European Union (P-10-2026-000717)
• 2026-01-22 Housing policy and housing finance outside growth centres (E-10-2026-000258)
• 2026-01-14 European cereal growers’ ability to control key weeds (E-10-2026-000131)
• 2025-12-03 Specific funding for the NSPA (E-10-2025-004784)
• 2025-11-04 Reassessing the 2035 combustion engine ban in light of advanced biofuels (E-10-2025-004328)
• 2025-10-23 Harmonised classification of talc (E-10-2025-004190)
• 2025-09-08 Are the promises of the agricultural vision in line with the proposed MFF allocations? (P-10-2025-003465)
• 2025-03-26 Redirecting frozen Russian assets to Ukraine (E-10-2025-001278)
• 2025-03-19 Seizing the Russian shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea: the Commission’s measures to prevent vessel sales (E-10-2025-001174)
• 2025-03-06 Ensuring fair competition for farmers in the EU agricultural market in the future (E-10-2025-000958)
• 2025-01-14 Inclusion of fibre-based and bio-based materials in the forthcoming circular economy act (E-10-2025-000119)
• 2024-12-10 Problems caused by AdBlue in cold conditions (E-10-2024-002846)
• 2024-12-02 Future cohesion policy for EU regions bordering Russia (E-10-2024-002711)
• 2024-09-26 The spread of bluetongue virus throughout the EU (E-10-2024-001845)
• 2024-09-16 Ensuring reliable and fast connections in rural areas and regions bordering Russia (E-10-2024-001723)

Motions for resolutions

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

• 2026-06-16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland
• 2026-06-15 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (B-10-2026-0311)

Written explanations of vote

All 1, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

• Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Elsi KATAINEN set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Renew Europe group and of the Members from Finland. 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.