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Ivars IJABS

Latvia Latvia RE – Renew Europe Latvijas attīstībai

Ivars IJABS is a Member of the European Parliament from Latvia, representing Latvijas attīstībai in the Renew Europe (RE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Ivars has submitted 738 amendments, delivered 21 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 6 as shadow rapporteur, asked 11 questions, and filed 3 motions. Vote participation stands at 76.7% (4544 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 738 811.1 -73 336th/743 2nd/9 59th/79
Speeches 21 44.4 -23 531st/743 5th/9 59th/79
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 3rd/9 21st/79
Reports (Shadow) 6 3.8 +2 134th/743 3rd/9 22nd/79
Questions 11 39.7 -29 603rd/743 4th/9 59th/79
Motions 3 19.6 -17 446th/743 8th/9 50th/79
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 3rd/9 36th/79
Opinions (Shadow) 2 2.7 -1 273rd/743 6th/9 48th/79
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 4th/9 48th/79
Vote Participation 76.7% 86.3% – 634th/745 8th/9 70th/79

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 IMCO – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Substitute ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Member ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Delegations

Member DMED – Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
Member D-IL – Delegation for relations with Israel
Substitute DSCA – Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 0 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 3 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 22 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with Israel (D-IL): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (DMED): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee (DSCA): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-29 A10-0188/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE) (ITRE, SEDE)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 6.

  • 2026-03-02 A10-0036/2026 REPORT on European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 (ECON)
  • 2025-12-19 A10-0273/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry (ENVI, ITRE, SEDE)
  • 2025-09-30 A10-0173/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/32/EU as regards electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers, and electricity, gas and thermal energy meters (IMCO)
  • 2025-08-06 A10-0158/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/858 and 2019/1020 and repealing Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC (ENVI, IMCO)
  • 2025-04-30 A10-0084/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (ITRE, SEDE)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-04-21 IMCO_AD(2026)779484 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities in the Union. (IMCO)
  • 2024-09-12 ITRE_AL(2024)763117 Opinion on the form of a letter on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025-all sections (ITRE)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0420(COD): 88 amendments, latest 2026-06-18 (ITRE)
  • 2025/0543(COD): 83 amendments, latest 2026-04-13 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695
  • 2025/2007(INI): 60 amendments, latest 2025-03-21 (ITRE)
    EP document title: REPORT on European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure
  • 2025/0045(COD): 55 amendments, latest 2025-05-22 (ECON)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
  • 2026/0134(COD): 55 amendments, latest 2026-09-18 (ITRE)

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 9, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

Questions for oral answer

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

Motions for resolutions

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2025-09-05 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on governance of the internet – renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum
  • 2025-09-03 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the governance of the internet – renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (B-10-2025-0358)
  • 2024-11-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia (B-10-2024-0162)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Ivars IJABS set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Renew Europe group and of the Members from Latvia. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanRE meanLatvia mean
Amendments738811.1 (lower)1225.9 (lower)514.7 (higher)
Speeches2144.4 (lower)50.9 (lower)52.2 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.1 (lower)0.9 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)63.8 (higher)5.0 (higher)6.1 (lower)
Questions1139.7 (lower)29.1 (lower)11.0 (equal)
Motions319.6 (lower)42.1 (lower)48.6 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.8 (lower)0.2 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)22.7 (lower)3.9 (lower)5.1 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)30.0 (lower)1.8 (lower)
Vote Participation76.7%86.3% (lower)88.0% (lower)88.7% (lower)

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