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Georgios AFTIAS

Greece Greece EPP – European People's Party Nea Demokratia

Georgios AFTIAS is a Member of the European Parliament from Greece, representing Nea Demokratia in the European People's Party (EPP) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Georgios has submitted 290 amendments, delivered 40 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 0 as shadow rapporteur, asked 56 questions, and filed 2 motions. Vote participation stands at 81.6% (4835 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 290 811.1 -521 581st/743 14th/21 148th/193
Speeches 40 44.4 -4 287th/743 10th/21 55th/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 3rd/21 47th/193
Reports (Shadow) 0 3.8 -4 564th/743 11th/21 116th/193
Questions 56 39.7 +16 183rd/743 15th/21 11th/193
Motions 2 19.6 -18 513th/743 15th/21 113th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 1 0.6 +0 85th/743 2nd/21 30th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 9th/21 53rd/193
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 10th/21 88th/193
Vote Participation 81.6% 86.3% – 577th/745 10th/21 151st/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

Substitute HOUS – Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union
Member ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Member CONT – Committee on Budgetary Control
Member BUDG – Committee on Budgets

Delegations

Substitute D-CA – Delegation for relations with Canada
Vice-Chair D-RS – Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Budgets (BUDG): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 36 of 44 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 36 of 42 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 25 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 14 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with Canada (D-CA): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (D-RS): Vice-Chair, since 2024-10-03

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2024-09-26 A10-0002/2024 REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France relating to six natural disasters occurred in 2023 (BUDG)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-07-16 ECON_AD(2026)787645 OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 (ECON)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-07-16 BUDG_AD(2026)786988 BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union support for asylum, migration and integration for the period from 2028 to 2034 (BUDG)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0555(COD): 67 amendments, latest 2026-05-13 (BUDG)
    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)
  • 2025/0240(COD): 51 amendments, latest 2026-06-23 (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
  • 2025/0571R(APP): 21 amendments, latest 2026-02-02 (BUDG)
  • 2025/2142(INI): 21 amendments, latest 2025-10-16 (BUDG)
    EP document title: REPORT on European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs
  • 2024/2051(INI): 20 amendments, latest 2025-02-24 (BUDG)
    EP document title: REPORT on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world

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 56. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-09-02 Direct financing of low-interest loans to small and medium-sized enterprises from the Social Fund (E-10-2026-003439)
  • 2026-09-02 The need to create a permanent financing instrument after the Recovery Fund reaches its end (E-10-2026-003440)
  • 2026-08-18 Halting funding to Türkiye as long as it persists in threatening Greece and Europe (E-10-2026-003289)
  • 2026-08-10 Keeping a check on property purchases made by non-EU countries in cross-border areas (E-10-2026-003241)
  • 2026-07-06 Compensation for fishers affected by silver-cheeked toadfish (E-10-2026-002785)
  • 2026-07-06 EU-Türkiye meeting of 30 June 2026 (E-10-2026-002788)
  • 2026-05-21 Europe has an obligation to act quickly on the demographic problem (E-10-2026-002112)
  • 2026-05-19 Türkiye’s threats should be met with funding cuts (E-10-2026-002049)
  • 2026-05-05 Funding for model communities of children with disabilities and their parents (E-10-2026-001829)
  • 2026-04-09 Increase cohesion funds for households and businesses (E-10-2026-001443)
  • 2026-03-31 European funding for the creation of a European Water Management Authority and for flood response (E-10-2026-001337)
  • 2026-03-25 Deutsche Welle's Greek programme must not be cancelled (E-10-2026-001237)
  • 2026-01-19 Completion of funding for the Evros fence (E-10-2026-000189)
  • 2025-12-10 Barrier to unfair Asian competition (E-10-2025-004876)
  • 2025-12-10 Imposing maximum fees on Asian platforms to save businesses and jobs (E-10-2025-004879)
  • 2025-11-17 Support for the Aegean islands and their infrastructure (E-10-2025-004579)
  • 2025-11-07 Excluding Türkiye in the event that it attempts to indirectly secure defence funding (E-10-2025-004401)
  • 2025-11-05 Stopping unfair competition from Chinese agri-food products for regional businesses (E-10-2025-004376)
  • 2025-09-19 Completing interconnections for cheaper energy in Greece and the south (E-10-2025-003639)
  • 2025-09-15 Equal funding for Greece’s borders in relation to the rest of Europe’s eastern border (E-10-2025-003531)

Motions for resolutions

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

  • 2025-07-09 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus
  • 2025-07-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria, following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias church in Damascus (B-10-2025-0346)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Georgios AFTIAS set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party group and of the Members from Greece. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanEPP meanGreece mean
Amendments290811.1 (lower)732.9 (lower)641.9 (lower)
Speeches4044.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)41.2 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.0 (equal)0.6 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)03.8 (lower)1.5 (lower)3.5 (lower)
Questions5639.7 (higher)21.4 (higher)82.1 (lower)
Motions219.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)20.1 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)10.6 (higher)0.7 (higher)0.1 (higher)
Opinions (Shadow)12.7 (lower)1.3 (lower)2.4 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)17.1 (lower)
Vote Participation81.6%86.3% (lower)86.1% (lower)81.6% (lower)

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