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Jeannette BALJEU

Netherlands Netherlands RE – Renew Europe Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie

Jeannette BALJEU is a Member of the European Parliament from Netherlands, representing Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie in the Renew Europe (RE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Jeannette has submitted 757 amendments, delivered 15 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 4 as shadow rapporteur, asked 12 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation stands at 87.9% (5211 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 757 811.1 -54 331st/743 18th/34 57th/79
Speeches 15 44.4 -29 615th/743 26th/34 69th/79
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 15th/34 38th/79
Reports (Shadow) 4 3.8 +0 220th/743 15th/34 39th/79
Questions 12 39.7 -28 584th/743 27th/34 56th/79
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 28th/34 68th/79
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 12th/34 36th/79
Opinions (Shadow) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 20th/34 59th/79
Explanations of Vote 9 43.0 -34 217th/743 2nd/34 24th/79
Vote Participation 87.9% 86.3% – 438th/745 27th/34 48th/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 TRAN – Committee on Transport and Tourism
Member IMCO – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Substitute ENVI – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Delegations

Member D-CN – Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
Substitute D-UK – Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI): Substitute, since 2025-01-20. Attended 26 of 51 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 22 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN): Substitute, since 2025-02-13. Attended 7 of 18 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (D-CN): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (D-UK): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 4, most recent first.

  • 2025-11-14 A10-0234/2025 REPORT on ensuring the faster registration and uptake of biological control agents (AGRI, ENVI)
  • 2025-11-07 A10-0217/2025 RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 (TRAN)
  • 2025-07-18 A10-0147/2025 REPORT on public procurement (IMCO)
  • 2025-07-16 A10-0144/2025 RECOMMENDATION for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (ENVI)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-16 ENVI_AD(2026)786680 OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures (ENVI)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2024/2103(INI): 53 amendments, latest 2025-04-14 (IMCO)
    EP document title: REPORT on public procurement
  • 2025/0847(COD): 49 amendments, latest 2026-04-10 (SEDE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
  • 2024/2104(INI): 39 amendments, latest 2025-02-25 (ENVI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the European Water Resilience Strategy
  • 2026/2003(INI): 35 amendments, latest 2026-07-01 (TRAN)
  • 2025/0221(COD): 31 amendments, latest 2026-04-24 (CJ05)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153

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

  • 2026-08-19 Framework and support for small-scale EU coastal fishers in relation to emerging bluefin tuna stocks in the North Sea (E-10-2026-003298)
  • 2026-08-12 Strengthening EU legal framework and enforcement against fake online reviews (E-10-2026-003266)
  • 2026-06-19 Ban the butt: it is time to stub out cigarette filters (E-10-2026-002547)
  • 2026-06-11 Small modular reactors (E-10-2026-002408)
  • 2026-05-20 Unlocking final investment decisions along the carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) value chain (E-10-2026-002090)
  • 2026-05-20 SAF, energy security, and stalled investments under the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation (P-10-2026-002091)
  • 2026-05-07 Aviation fuel shortage (E-10-2026-001884)
  • 2026-01-29 Stagnation of the single market and declining intra-EU trade (P-10-2026-000368)
  • 2025-11-18 Safeguarding small and medium-sized enterprises support in the next EU budget (P-10-2025-004591)
  • 2025-09-15 Environmental impact of medicines and reuse of unused cytotoxic drugs (E-10-2025-003538)
  • 2024-12-16 Adoption of an EU strategy for nuclear fusion (E-10-2024-002958)

Questions for oral answer

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2025-09-19 Suspension of the EU-Qatar agreement on air transport (O-10-2025-000031)

Motions for resolutions

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2025-11-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on protection of EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materials (B-10-2025-0500)

Written explanations of vote

All 9, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world
  • Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European Parliament
  • Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness
  • Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution
  • Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors
  • Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility
  • Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets Union
  • Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus
  • Stock-taking of the European elections 2024

Comparison with group and country means

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

ActivityCountEP meanRE meanNetherlands mean
Amendments757811.1 (lower)1225.9 (lower)778.6 (lower)
Speeches1544.4 (lower)50.9 (lower)39.2 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.1 (lower)0.7 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)43.8 (higher)5.0 (lower)5.0 (lower)
Questions1239.7 (lower)29.1 (lower)35.8 (lower)
Motions119.6 (lower)42.1 (lower)19.1 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.8 (lower)0.5 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)12.7 (lower)3.9 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Explanations of Vote943.0 (lower)30.0 (lower)2.9 (higher)
Vote Participation87.9%86.3% (higher)88.0% (lower)92.0% (lower)

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