Erik KALIŇÁK
Erik KALIŇÁK is a Member of the European Parliament from Slovakia, representing SMER-Sociálna demokracia in the Non-Inscrits (NI) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Erik has submitted 776 amendments, delivered 33 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 0 as shadow rapporteur, asked 99 questions, and filed 2 motions. Vote participation stands at 91.3% (5413 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 | 776 | 811.1 | -35 | 317th/743 | 7th/15 | 2nd/29 |
| Speeches | 33 | 44.4 | -11 | 388th/743 | 10th/15 | 18th/29 |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.8 | -1 | 263rd/743 | 7th/15 | 1st/29 |
| Reports (Shadow) | 0 | 3.8 | -4 | 564th/743 | 9th/15 | 2nd/29 |
| Questions | 99 | 39.7 | +59 | 66th/743 | 1st/15 | 6th/29 |
| Motions | 2 | 19.6 | -18 | 513th/743 | 8th/15 | 1st/29 |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 | -1 | 223rd/743 | 5th/15 | 2nd/29 |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 0 | 2.7 | -3 | 490th/743 | 6th/15 | 2nd/29 |
| Explanations of Vote | 274 | 43.0 | +231 | 50th/743 | 3rd/15 | 1st/29 |
| Vote Participation | 91.3% | 86.3% | – | 326th/745 | 8th/15 | 11th/29 |
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
Delegations
Committees and delegations
Erik KALIŇÁK holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).
Committees
- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 18 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership
Delegations
- Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
- Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
- Delegation for relations with Mercosur (DMER): Member, since 2024-09-19
Amendments by procedure
Procedures with the most amendments Erik KALIŇÁK has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.
- 2025/2239(INI): 122 amendments, latest 2025-12-15 (LIBE)
EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report - 2024/2078(INI): 82 amendments, latest 2025-02-19 (LIBE)
EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report - 2025/0384(COD): 52 amendments, latest 2026-06-24 (INTA)
- 2025/0241(COD): 48 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 - 2025/0550(COD): 42 amendments, latest 2026-06-22 (CULT)
EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the ‘AgoraEU’ programme for the period 2028 to 2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818
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 94. Records up to 2026-09-09.
- 2026-09-03 The Commission is reaching for household savings. Who will bear the losses when it channels them into political projects? (E-10-2026-003486)
- 2026-09-03 Member States and businesses have to comply with increasingly stringent rules. When drafting those rules, however, the Commission itself abandons its own principles (E-10-2026-003487)
- 2026-09-03 The largest EU budget in history. And on top of that, hidden EU-wide taxes for businesses and households. (E-10-2026-003488)
- 2026-09-03 EUR 200 billion for Global Europe, EUR 100 billion for Ukraine. And at home, new levies on businesses and households (E-10-2026-003489)
- 2026-09-03 Blank cheque first, details to follow. Why should the EU approve billions when it does not know what they will be spent on? (E-10-2026-003490)
- 2026-09-03 Even Iceland has said ‘no’ to the EU. When a developed European country remains outside the EU, is there a problem in Brussels as well? (E-10-2026-003491)
- 2026-09-03 Latvia is asking for an additional EUR 7 billion. Will the cost of cutting ties with Russia be borne by the EU’s common budget? (E-10-2026-003492)
- 2026-06-25 The EU’s AI dream could turn into a nightmare – without energy, the US and China will overtake us and we’ll end up paying more for electricity! (E-10-2026-002625)
- 2026-06-25 Green renovations at the price of debt? The Commission must explain who will pay – owners, tenants or the middle class? (E-10-2026-002626)
- 2026-06-25 The EU’s green dream is turning into a nightmare: massive transfer of car production to China and layoffs in Europe? (E-10-2026-002627)
- 2026-06-25 Billions into the grid, but who pays the bill? Industry and households are facing the prospect of paying the bill for the EU’s green transition (E-10-2026-002628)
- 2026-06-04 Millions of euros for sanctions and aid to Ukraine, while the EU is becoming poorer. How much longer can we afford to pay for sanctions against Russia? (E-10-2026-002289)
- 2026-06-04 Thousands of jobs in energy-intensive industries under pressure from Brussels. The Commission’s response? (E-10-2026-002290)
- 2026-06-04 EUR 150 billion for EU defence. How much of this will the Slovak defence industry actually receive? (E-10-2026-002291)
- 2026-06-04 Only a few per cent of migrants are actually deported. Will the new regulation finally change this? (E-10-2026-002293)
- 2026-06-04 The conflict in the Middle East has made energy more expensive. How much has this cost Slovak industry, and what is Brussels doing about it? (E-10-2026-002294)
- 2026-05-12 Is the Commission secretly preparing to repeal the Beneš Decrees? Is postwar Europe at risk of falling apart? (E-10-2026-001956)
- 2026-05-12 Is Brussels seeking to revise the Beneš, Bierut and AVNOJ decrees? Will the EU risk destabilising Central Europe over these decrees? (E-10-2026-001957)
- 2026-05-12 Is the EU risking a new crisis and a loss of trust among Member States over the Beneš Decrees? (E-10-2026-001958)
- 2026-05-12 Is the Council afraid to openly stand up for the postwar order – the end of the Beneš, Bierut and AVNOJ decrees? (E-10-2026-001959)
Questions for oral answer
All 5, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.
- 2026-06-24 ECB’s decision to raise interest rates and its impact on the rising cost of living (O-10-2026-000028)
- 2026-03-03 Three years since the railway accident in Tempi, Greece (O-10-2026-000010)
- 2025-12-19 Multi-million euro fine against X to enforce the EU censorship agenda under the guise of alleged violations of transparency obligations under the DSA (O-10-2025-000047)
- 2025-11-19 EU plan to promote gender self-ID without age limits under LGBTIQ+ equality strategy 2026-2030 (O-10-2025-000041)
- 2025-11-19 Protecting citizens’ right to make cash payments and ensuring financial inclusion (O-10-2025-000042)
Motions for resolutions
All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.
- 2025-09-15 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0402)
- 2025-07-02 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0319)
Individual motions for resolutions
All 4, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.
- 2026-06-11 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ending ideological flag displays on the premises of European Union institutions (B-10-2026-0284)
- 2025-09-23 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the brutal murders of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and US political activist Charlie Kirk, and the need to defend vulnerable individuals and uphold law and order (B-10-2025-0405)
- 2025-02-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on safeguarding the right to freedom of speech online (B-10-2025-0099)
- 2024-10-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on enabling Member States to opt-out of EU migration policy (B-10-2024-0119)
Written explanations of vote
20 of 274, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.
- 2023 and 2024 reports on Albania
- 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2023 and 2024 reports on Georgia
- 2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
- 2023 and 2024 reports on Ukraine
- 2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget
- 2025 Commission report on Albania
- 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2025 Commission report on Georgia
- 2025 Commission report on Moldova
- 2025 Commission report on Moldova
- 2025 Commission report on Montenegro
- 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia
- 2025 Commission report on Serbia
- 2025 Commission report on Türkiye
- 2025 Commission report on Ukraine
- 2026 budgetary procedure: joint text
- A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector
- A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition
- A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning
Comparison with group and country means
Counts of Erik KALIŇÁK set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Non-Inscrits group and of the Members from Slovakia. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.
| Activity | Count | EP mean | NI mean | Slovakia mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendments | 776 | 811.1 (lower) | 177.0 (higher) | 1168.7 (lower) |
| Speeches | 33 | 44.4 (lower) | 39.6 (lower) | 52.9 (lower) |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.8 (lower) | 0.0 (equal) | 0.9 (lower) |
| Reports (Shadow) | 0 | 3.8 (lower) | 0.0 (equal) | 3.2 (lower) |
| Questions | 99 | 39.7 (higher) | 44.4 (higher) | 36.0 (higher) |
| Motions | 2 | 19.6 (lower) | 1.3 (higher) | 39.9 (lower) |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 (lower) | 0.1 (lower) | 0.3 (lower) |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 0 | 2.7 (lower) | 0.0 (equal) | 1.4 (lower) |
| Explanations of Vote | 274 | 43.0 (higher) | 27.6 (higher) | 108.7 (higher) |
| Vote Participation | 91.3% | 86.3% (higher) | 85.2% (higher) | 87.8% (higher) |
Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.