Jussi SARAMO
Jussi SARAMO is a Member of the European Parliament from Finland, representing Vasemmistoliitto in the The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Jussi has submitted 366 amendments, delivered 52 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 27 as shadow rapporteur, asked 32 questions, and filed 17 motions. Vote participation stands at 99.3% (5887 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 | 366 | 811.1 | -445 | 534th/743 | 12th/16 | 37th/46 |
| Speeches | 52 | 44.4 | +8 | 172nd/743 | 3rd/16 | 15th/46 |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.8 | -1 | 263rd/743 | 6th/16 | 9th/46 |
| Reports (Shadow) | 27 | 3.8 | +23 | 4th/743 | 1st/16 | 2nd/46 |
| Questions | 32 | 39.7 | -8 | 335th/743 | 7th/16 | 44th/46 |
| Motions | 17 | 19.6 | -3 | 166th/743 | 7th/16 | 10th/46 |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 | -1 | 223rd/743 | 7th/16 | 12th/46 |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 8 | 2.7 | +5 | 53rd/743 | 3rd/16 | 10th/46 |
| Explanations of Vote | 0 | 43.0 | -43 | 394th/743 | 7th/16 | 27th/46 |
| Vote Participation | 99.3% | 86.3% | – | 17th/745 | 1st/16 | 1st/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
Committees and delegations
Jussi SARAMO holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).
Committees
- Committee on Budgets (BUDG): Member, since 2026-05-20. Attended 10 of 44 committee meetings held during the membership
- Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 32 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
- Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 18 of 20 committee meetings held during the membership
- Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 19 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership
Delegations
- Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
- Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (DASE): Member, since 2024-09-19
- Delegation for relations with Central Asia (DCAS): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
- Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly (DPAC): Member, since 2024-09-19
Reports and opinions
Reports as shadow rapporteur
Most recent 5 of 27.
- 2026-06-26 A10-0186/2026 REPORT on digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system (ECON)
- 2026-06-12 A10-0171/2026 REPORT on competition policy – annual report 2025 (ECON)
- 2026-06-11 A10-0169/2026 REPORT on a coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector (ECON)
- 2026-06-10 A10-0167/2026 REPORT on the feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (ECON)
- 2026-03-30 A10-0079/2026 REPORT on Banking Union – annual report 2025 (ECON)
Opinions as shadow rapporteur
Most recent 5 of 8.
- 2026-07-08 BUDG_AD(2026)786714 BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund (BUDG)
- 2026-06-23 BUDG_AD(2026)785442 BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures (BUDG)
- 2026-05-07 ECON_AD(2026)784338 OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation (ECON)
- 2025-12-12 BUDG_AD(2025)778167 BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods (BUDG)
- 2025-12-11 BUDG_AD(2025)778172 BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America (BUDG)
Amendments by procedure
Procedures with the most amendments Jussi SARAMO has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.
- 2025/0543(COD): 76 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 - 2024/2054(INI): 30 amendments, latest 2024-11-13 (ECON)
EP document title: REPORT on European Central Bank – annual report 2024 - 2025/2211(INI): 27 amendments, latest 2026-04-22 (ECON)
EP document title: REPORT on the feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness - 2023/0212(COD): 25 amendments, latest 2025-12-19 (ECON)
EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the digital euro - 2025/2182(INI): 25 amendments, latest 2025-11-11 (ECON)
EP document title: REPORT on the European Central Bank – annual report 2025
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 29. Records up to 2026-09-09.
- 2026-07-13 Drone attacks against civilians in Western Sahara (E-10-2026-002880)
- 2026-04-24 Fiscal guidance on the treatment of interest-subsidised loans for affordable housing in public debt (E-10-2026-001687)
- 2026-04-16 Claude Mythos and the cybersecurity risks facing the EU (E-10-2026-001575)
- 2026-03-26 Continued EU political and financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (P-10-2026-001277)
- 2026-02-11 Protecting allergic consumers by harmonising EU ingredient labelling (E-10-2026-000591)
- 2026-01-19 Compatibility of the Finnish Hunting Act with EU legal protection requirements and the Habitats Directive (E-10-2026-000196)
- 2026-01-14 Compliance with the Treaty on European Union in international relations with the United States (E-10-2026-000122)
- 2026-01-14 EU response to recent US statements concerning Colombia, Mexico, Cuba and Greenland, and respect for international law and treaties (E-10-2026-000146)
- 2026-01-13 Classification of interest subsidy loans for state-subsidised housing under the EU’s fiscal governance framework (E-10-2026-000090)
- 2025-11-21 EU action following the laying down of arms of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) (E-10-2025-004652)
- 2025-10-29 Provisional application of the new EU-Morocco agreement to Western Sahara in contradiction with Court of Justice of the EU rulings and at the explicit request of Parliament (E-10-2025-004255)
- 2025-09-25 EU reaction to the crackdown on freedom of speech and opinion in the United States (E-10-2025-003722)
- 2025-06-30 Hungary’s amendment on monitoring, sanctioning and banning civil society actors (E-10-2025-002627)
- 2025-06-30 Leaked internal note regarding Israeli war crimes and violations of human rights (E-10-2025-002628)
- 2025-06-27 New studies confirming carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure to glyphosate at relevant levels (E-10-2025-002611)
- 2025-06-18 A police officer’s infiltration of the political movement Potere al Popolo: a potential violation of democratic principles and fundamental freedoms (E-10-2025-002470)
- 2025-05-27 Israel’s intention to take full control of the Gaza strip and remove the Palestinian population from the area – EU’s actions and reactions (E-10-2025-002127)
- 2025-04-30 Israel’s policy of water deprivation in the West Bank – is the EU funding water apartheid policy in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPts)? (E-10-2025-001734)
- 2025-04-01 Ban or suspension of hunting trophy imports from Tanzania due to severe adverse human rights impact on Maasai indigenous peoples in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (E-10-2025-001333)
- 2025-03-27 Far-right intimidation at a trial in Budapest (E-10-2025-001279)
Questions for oral answer
All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.
- 2026-01-28 Addressing the gender health gap in the new research and innovation programme (FP10) (O-10-2026-000004)
- 2025-09-24 Fur farming and the placing of farmed fur products on the market (O-10-2025-000034)
- 2024-11-12 The Commission’s plans to include the revision of the outstanding proposals on animal welfare in its work plan for 2025 (O-10-2024-000014)
Motions for resolutions
All 17, 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)
- 2026-04-29 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the new Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities
- 2026-04-28 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine
- 2026-03-18 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Commission delegated regulation of 1 December 2025 amending Regulation (EU) No 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest (B-10-2026-0179)
- 2026-02-12 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine
- 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)
- 2025-12-11 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 4 July 2025 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards the simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/2139 and (EU) 2023/2486 as regards simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental (B-10-2025-0566)
- 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)
- 2025-07-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda an (B-10-2025-0316)
- 2025-04-02 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus – threats from the Investigative Committee
- 2025-03-11 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression
- 2024-12-18 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 11th year of the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Crimea, notably the cases of Iryna Danylovych, Tofik Abdulhaziiev and Amet Suleymanov
- 2024-11-26 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia
- 2024-11-11 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
- 2024-09-18 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
- 2024-07-17 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for the EU’s continuous support for Ukraine (B-10-2024-0007)
Individual motions for resolutions
All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.
- 2025-12-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION strongly condemning the politically focused executions in Iran (B-10-2025-0555)
Comparison with group and country means
Counts of Jussi SARAMO set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the The Left in the European Parliament group and of the Members from Finland. 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 | Finland mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendments | 366 | 811.1 (lower) | 769.3 (lower) | 956.4 (lower) |
| Speeches | 52 | 44.4 (higher) | 52.8 (lower) | 57.0 (lower) |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.8 (lower) | 0.5 (lower) | 0.6 (lower) |
| Reports (Shadow) | 27 | 3.8 (higher) | 8.3 (higher) | 6.3 (higher) |
| Questions | 32 | 39.7 (lower) | 89.4 (lower) | 35.4 (lower) |
| Motions | 17 | 19.6 (lower) | 11.2 (higher) | 30.8 (lower) |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 (lower) | 0.3 (lower) | 0.8 (lower) |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 8 | 2.7 (higher) | 5.2 (higher) | 5.2 (higher) |
| Explanations of Vote | 0 | 43.0 (lower) | 93.4 (lower) | 6.4 (lower) |
| Vote Participation | 99.3% | 86.3% (higher) | 83.0% (higher) | 85.6% (higher) |
Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.