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Francesco VENTOLA

Italy Italy ECR – European Conservatives and Reformists FRATELLI D' ITALIA

Francesco VENTOLA is a Member of the European Parliament from Italy, representing FRATELLI D' ITALIA in the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Francesco has submitted 1197 amendments, delivered 7 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 4 as shadow rapporteur, asked 44 questions, and filed 0 motions. Vote participation stands at 87.7% (5199 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 1197 811.1 +386 165th/743 20th/77 15th/84
Speeches 7 44.4 -37 688th/743 69th/77 80th/84
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 20th/77 24th/84
Reports (Shadow) 4 3.8 +0 220th/743 18th/77 37th/84
Questions 44 39.7 +4 241st/743 51st/77 40th/84
Motions 0 19.6 -20 692nd/743 74th/77 80th/84
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 21st/77 23rd/84
Opinions (Shadow) 3 2.7 +0 198th/743 20th/77 27th/84
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 7th/77 34th/84
Vote Participation 87.7% 86.3% – 447th/745 43rd/77 53rd/84

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

Substitute FISC – Subcommittee on Tax Matters
Vice-Chair REGI – Committee on Regional Development
Substitute ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Substitute AGRI – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Delegations

Member DMED – Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
Substitute DARP – Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula
Substitute DPAL – Delegation for relations with Palestine

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 6 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Substitute, since 2025-03-12. Attended 3 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC): Substitute, since 2025-10-20. Attended 0 of 10 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Regional Development (REGI): Vice-Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 11 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (DARP): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (DMED): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with Palestine (DPAL): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 4, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-08 A10-0160/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive (EU) 2020/262 as regards the general arrangements for excise duty in respect of tobacco and tobacco related products (ECON)
  • 2026-06-08 A10-0161/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) (ECON)
  • 2025-04-15 A10-0066/2025 REPORT on the ninth report on economic and social cohesion (REGI)
  • 2025-04-15 A10-0071/2025 REPORT on competition policy – annual report 2024 (ECON)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-03 ECON_AD(2026)786810 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 (ECON)
  • 2025-04-08 AGRI_AD(2025)771931 OPINION on strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy (AGRI)
  • 2025-03-28 AGRI_AD(2025)768092 OPINION on the European Water Resilience Strategy (AGRI)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0382(COD): 129 amendments, latest 2026-07-27 (ECON)
  • 2025/0571R(APP): 110 amendments, latest 2026-02-02 (BUDG)
  • 2025/0825(COD): 78 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
  • 2025/0240(COD): 77 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
  • 2025/2052(INI): 77 amendments, latest 2025-04-24 (AGRI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy

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 44. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-09-01 Paolo De Rosa’s links with the Autistici/Inventati hacker group and Italy’s Democratic Party (P-10-2026-003407)
  • 2026-06-29 China’s dominant position in Latin America and the possible emergence of further threats to the EU’s supply of raw materials (E-10-2026-002692)
  • 2026-06-26 External interference of Islamic fundamentalism in Europe (E-10-2026-002652)
  • 2026-05-27 Measures to monitor jet fuel prices and safeguard passenger rights in European air transport (E-10-2026-002154)
  • 2026-01-14 Possible increase in Tunisian olive oil imports and their potential impact on agriculture, the olive oil industry and consumers (E-10-2026-000152)
  • 2025-12-31 EU funding of the European Islamophobia Report 2024 (P-10-2025-005081)
  • 2025-12-26 EU funding and media campaigns undermining regional policies promoting motherhood (E-10-2025-005064)
  • 2025-11-06 Nitrogen and urea prices and CBAM rules: mitigating the impact on farmers (E-10-2025-004386)
  • 2025-10-16 Suitability of Francesca Albanese as the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (E-10-2025-004073)
  • 2025-10-14 Anomalies in the extra virgin olive oil market and concerns that North African imports are disrupting prices (E-10-2025-004026)
  • 2025-10-10 Duties on imports of polyamide yarn but not on finished products imported from China (E-10-2025-003987)
  • 2025-10-03 Coffin imports from China and dumping practices (E-10-2025-003883)
  • 2025-09-02 Health tourism and EU-UK trade in puberty blockers for minors (E-10-2025-003357)
  • 2025-06-18 China’s suspension of imports of ruminants and derived products from Italy (E-10-2025-002467)
  • 2025-06-17 Arrest of pro-life advocates in Brussels during peaceful demonstration (E-10-2025-002428)
  • 2025-06-16 Possibility of triggering extraordinary Erasmus+ measures to support students impacted by the conflict in Gaza (E-10-2025-002413)
  • 2025-06-13 Establishing whether ERDF and ESF + resources can, in the wake of exceptional events, be used to fund emergency operations to help the university system (P-10-2025-002401)
  • 2025-05-30 Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the EU (P-10-2025-002185)
  • 2025-04-30 Urgent initiatives to review phytosanitary policies (E-10-2025-001767)
  • 2025-04-11 Foot-and-mouth disease – urgent action to protect the Italian livestock industry (E-10-2025-001501)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Francesco VENTOLA set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European Conservatives and Reformists group and of the Members from Italy. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanECR meanItaly mean
Amendments1197811.1 (higher)780.9 (higher)836.1 (higher)
Speeches744.4 (lower)49.4 (lower)31.1 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.6 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)43.8 (higher)4.7 (lower)3.4 (higher)
Questions4439.7 (higher)47.0 (lower)64.9 (lower)
Motions019.6 (lower)39.4 (lower)7.6 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.4 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)32.7 (higher)3.6 (lower)2.7 (higher)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)35.5 (lower)3.1 (lower)
Vote Participation87.7%86.3% (higher)88.0% (lower)85.9% (higher)

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