Irene MONTERO
Irene MONTERO is a Member of the European Parliament from Spain, representing PODEMOS in the The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Irene has submitted 572 amendments, delivered 58 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 3 as shadow rapporteur, asked 67 questions, and filed 6 motions. Vote participation stands at 90.4% (5360 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 | 572 | 811.1 | -239 | 430th/743 | 45th/60 | 30th/46 |
| Speeches | 58 | 44.4 | +14 | 128th/743 | 17th/60 | 10th/46 |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.8 | -1 | 263rd/743 | 30th/60 | 9th/46 |
| Reports (Shadow) | 3 | 3.8 | -1 | 285th/743 | 20th/60 | 38th/46 |
| Questions | 67 | 39.7 | +27 | 143rd/743 | 13th/60 | 37th/46 |
| Motions | 6 | 19.6 | -14 | 287th/743 | 21st/60 | 27th/46 |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 | -1 | 223rd/743 | 22nd/60 | 12th/46 |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 10 | 2.7 | +7 | 38th/743 | 2nd/60 | 8th/46 |
| Explanations of Vote | 486 | 43.0 | +443 | 10th/743 | 1st/60 | 5th/46 |
| Vote Participation | 90.4% | 86.3% | – | 365th/745 | 29th/60 | 18th/47 |
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
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Committees and delegations
Irene MONTERO holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).
Committees
- Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 4 of 41 committee meetings held during the membership
- Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM): Vice-Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 15 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership
- Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union (HOUS): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 8 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
Delegations
- Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-CL): Member, since 2024-09-19
- Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
- Delegation for relations with Palestine (DPAL): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
Reports and opinions
Reports as shadow rapporteur
All 3, most recent first.
- 2026-04-20 A10-0103/2026 REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (AFET)
- 2026-03-11 A10-0047/2026 REPORT on the importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (FEMM, LIBE)
- 2025-09-30 A10-0171/2025 REPORT on EU political strategy on Latin America (AFET)
Opinions as shadow rapporteur
Most recent 5 of 10.
- 2026-02-26 FEMM_AD(2026)782239 OPINION on the guidelines for the 2027 budget – Section III (FEMM)
- 2026-02-12 FEMM_AD(2026)779773 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section I - European Parliament (FEMM)
- 2026-01-28 FEMM_AD(2026)779729 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2024 – Agencies (FEMM)
- 2026-01-28 FEMM_AD(2026)779730 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section III – Commission (FEMM)
- 2025-11-10 FEMM_AD(2025)776901 OPINION on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 (FEMM)
Amendments by procedure
Procedures with the most amendments Irene MONTERO has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.
- 2025/2070(INI): 134 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 - 2024/0035(COD): 67 amendments, latest 2025-01-20 (FEMM)
EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) - 2025/2014(INI): 32 amendments, latest 2025-03-28 (FEMM)
EP document title: REPORT on implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum - 2025/2039(INI): 32 amendments, latest 2025-09-30 (EMPL, FEMM)
EP document title: REPORT on advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap - 2025/2167(INI): 30 amendments, latest 2026-02-20 (AFET)
EP document title: REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly
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 50. Records up to 2026-09-09.
- 2026-09-01 Serious statements by Markus Lammert regarding the expulsion of unaccompanied children and persons in need of international protection in Ceuta (E-10-2026-003413)
- 2026-08-06 Protection of Daniel Arcuri Rivas after confirmation of his custody while the criminal trial for alleged ill-treatment continues (E-10-2026-003217)
- 2026-07-29 Territorial scope of the amended EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation concerning Morocco’s participation in PRIMA (E-10-2026-003166)
- 2026-07-16 Humanitarian situation of Sahrawi refugees, inadequate EU humanitarian assistance and the growing water crisis in the refugee camps (E-10-2026-003027)
- 2026-07-15 Flights between the European Union and Western Sahara (E-10-2026-002997)
- 2026-07-13 Risk of extinction of the Pityusan wall lizard (Podarcis pityusensis) due to the spread of invasive snakes, and the adequacy of current quarantine measures (E-10-2026-002870)
- 2026-07-08 New report on the benefits for the Sahrawi people of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement (E-10-2026-002835)
- 2026-06-16 Non-compliance with trans law in Spain (E-10-2026-002475)
- 2026-06-12 Misuse of EU funds in Athens’ Prosfygika district: partnership principle violations and fundamental rights concerns (E-10-2026-002432)
- 2026-06-04 Use of Anti-Coercion Instrument against Trump in Cuba (E-10-2026-002312)
- 2026-05-29 Sanctions imposed on the European citizens Saif Abukeshek and Jaldía Abubakra by the United States (E-10-2026-002183)
- 2026-04-21 Customs practices related to products imported from illegal Israeli settlements in the OPTs (E-10-2026-001633)
- 2026-04-08 Child recruitment in Colombia and the EU’s position in dialogue processes with armed groups (E-10-2026-001425)
- 2026-03-27 Advertising of airline routes to non-self governing territories (E-10-2026-001300)
- 2026-03-19 Israel’s illegal attacks on Lebanon and consequences for violating the UN Charter (E-10-2026-001166)
- 2026-03-11 EU participation in the Colombia’s national safeguard process for human rights defenders (E-10-2026-001005)
- 2026-03-11 Support to women’s organisations as peacebuilders and related legislation in Colombia (E-10-2026-001006)
- 2026-03-09 Violation of the democratic clause of the Trade Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) following the suspension of the Citizen Revolution Movement (E-10-2026-000958)
- 2026-03-02 On the war against Iran and the need for Europe to stop submitting to the United States (E-10-2026-000859)
- 2026-01-13 Request for urgent EU measures against AI-enabled non-consensual sexualised content involving minors on platform X (E-10-2026-000099)
Questions for oral answer
All 17, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.
- 2026-09-07 Climate change, public health and the world of work: for a directive on maximum working temperatures (O-10-2026-000035)
- 2026-06-25 The recent coercive measures imposed by the United States against Cuba, their extraterritorial nature and the measures to be adopted to defend the interests of individuals and companies from EU countries (O-10-2026-000029)
- 2026-06-24 ECB’s decision to raise interest rates and its impact on the rising cost of living (O-10-2026-000028)
- 2026-03-20 Transfer of European citizens’ biometric data to the Trump administration (O-10-2026-000015)
- 2026-01-28 Addressing the gender health gap in the new research and innovation programme (FP10) (O-10-2026-000004)
- 2025-10-29 Judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the EU trade agreements with the Kingdom of Morocco (O-10-2025-000037)
- 2025-10-29 Judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the EU trade agreements with the Kingdom of Morocco (O-10-2025-000038)
- 2025-09-22 US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorism (O-10-2025-000032)
- 2025-09-22 US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorism (O-10-2025-000033)
- 2025-07-07 Access to baby formula in Gaza (O-10-2025-000023)
- 2025-05-28 EU-Israel Association Agreement (O-10-2025-000019)
- 2025-05-10 EU response to Israel’s planned illegal annexation and starvation of Gaza (O-10-2025-000015)
- 2025-03-13 Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreements (O-10-2025-000008)
- 2025-03-13 Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreements (O-10-2025-000009)
- 2025-02-18 Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’ (O-10-2025-000006)
- 2025-02-18 Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’ (O-10-2025-000007)
- 2024-11-26 ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024 (O-10-2024-000016)
Motions for resolutions
All 6, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.
- 2026-07-01 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 (B-10-2026-0338)
- 2026-06-12 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (B-10-2026-0289)
- 2026-02-09 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on World Cancer Day (B-10-2026-0126)
- 2026-01-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market (B-10-2026-0060)
- 2025-11-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (B-10-2025-0479)
- 2025-09-15 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0402)
Individual motions for resolutions
All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.
- 2026-05-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on holding Israel to account for breaches of human rights and international law (B-10-2026-0267)
Written explanations of vote
20 of 486, 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 Kosovo
- 2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
- 2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
- 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye
- 2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget
- 2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text
- 2025 Commission report on Albania
- 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2025 Commission report on Georgia
- 2025 Commission report on Kosovo
- 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
Comparison with group and country means
Counts of Irene MONTERO set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the The Left in the European Parliament group and of the Members from Spain. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.
| Activity | Count | EP mean | GUE/NGL mean | Spain mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendments | 572 | 811.1 (lower) | 769.3 (lower) | 1021.3 (lower) |
| Speeches | 58 | 44.4 (higher) | 52.8 (higher) | 57.2 (higher) |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.8 (lower) | 0.5 (lower) | 0.9 (lower) |
| Reports (Shadow) | 3 | 3.8 (lower) | 8.3 (lower) | 2.8 (higher) |
| Questions | 67 | 39.7 (higher) | 89.4 (lower) | 44.5 (higher) |
| Motions | 6 | 19.6 (lower) | 11.2 (lower) | 12.1 (lower) |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 (lower) | 0.3 (lower) | 0.7 (lower) |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 10 | 2.7 (higher) | 5.2 (higher) | 2.1 (higher) |
| Explanations of Vote | 486 | 43.0 (higher) | 93.4 (higher) | 49.8 (higher) |
| Vote Participation | 90.4% | 86.3% (higher) | 83.0% (higher) | 86.7% (higher) |
Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.