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Lara WOLTERS

Netherlands Netherlands S&D – Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats GroenLinks-PvdA

Lara WOLTERS is a Member of the European Parliament from Netherlands, representing GroenLinks-PvdA in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Lara has submitted 655 amendments, delivered 12 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 1 as shadow rapporteur, asked 14 questions, and filed 2 motions. Vote participation stands at 91.2% (5405 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 655 811.1 -156 383rd/743 20th/34 87th/138
Speeches 12 44.4 -32 652nd/743 28th/34 122nd/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 9th/34 39th/138
Reports (Shadow) 1 3.8 -3 464th/743 28th/34 84th/138
Questions 14 39.7 -26 552nd/743 24th/34 103rd/138
Motions 2 19.6 -18 513th/743 25th/34 90th/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 12th/34 56th/138
Opinions (Shadow) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 20th/34 58th/138
Explanations of Vote 3 43.0 -40 279th/743 14th/34 68th/138
Vote Participation 91.2% 86.3% – 334th/745 24th/34 57th/138

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

Member ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Vice-Chair JURI – Committee on Legal Affairs
Substitute TRAN – Committee on Transport and Tourism

Delegations

Member D-US – Delegation for relations with the United States
Substitute DASE – Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 22 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI): Vice-Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 24 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 2 of 25 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (DASE): Substitute, since 2024-07-16

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-04-15 A10-0071/2025 REPORT on competition policy – annual report 2024 (ECON)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-02-10 A10-0020/2026 REPORT on the European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024 (JURI)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-08 JURI_AD(2026)786718 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of European Business Wallets (JURI)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0045(COD): 152 amendments, latest 2025-07-03 (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
  • 2025/0361(COD): 89 amendments, latest 2026-06-10 (ECON)
  • 2024/2112(INI): 78 amendments, latest 2025-01-14 (ECON)
    EP document title: REPORT on the European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025
  • 2025/2058(INI): 66 amendments, latest 2025-09-16 (JURI)
    EP document title: REPORT on copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges
  • 2025/0362(COD): 51 amendments, latest 2026-07-06 (ECON)
    EP document title: OPINION Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives (EU) 2016/2341 and 2016/97 as regards the strengthening of the framework for occupational retirement provision

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

  • 2026-06-17 Dynamic pricing for major sporting and cultural events (E-10-2026-002518)
  • 2026-06-17 Request that the Commission publish evidence pertaining to the non-activation of the Blocking Statute (E-10-2026-002520)
  • 2026-06-09 Sovereignty of European payment system Wero (P-10-2026-002371)
  • 2026-03-31 Dynamic pricing, competition concerns and consumer protection in FIFA World Cup 2026 ticket sales (E-10-2026-001336)
  • 2025-11-20 Support for cross-border night trains in Europe (P-10-2025-004634)
  • 2025-11-12 Child-like sex dolls for sale: major e-commerce platforms failing to comply with EU law (E-10-2025-004488)
  • 2025-10-13 Letter regarding the announcement by the Dutch Government to postpone the transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive to 2027 (E-10-2025-004018)
  • 2025-09-05 A standardised LEZ sticker for cars (E-10-2025-003461)
  • 2025-07-18 Plugging the gaps: EU measures for transparent and fair EV charging fees (E-10-2025-003009)
  • 2025-05-15 Serious shortcomings in the clothing collection system of fashion chains in the Netherlands (E-10-2025-001962)
  • 2025-04-07 Taxation of big digital tech companies (E-10-2025-001409)
  • 2025-01-14 Excessive charges for changing names on air tickets and related practices (E-10-2025-000112)
  • 2024-12-17 Commission position on Schiphol’s growth and disclosure of information in that regard (E-10-2024-002997)

Questions for oral answer

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

  • 2026-03-11 Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (O-10-2026-000014)

Motions for resolutions

All 2, 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)
  • 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)

Written explanations of vote

All 3, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application
  • Establishing an EU talent pool
  • Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Lara WOLTERS set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 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 meanS&D meanNetherlands mean
Amendments655811.1 (lower)980.6 (lower)778.6 (lower)
Speeches1244.4 (lower)47.4 (lower)39.2 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.1 (lower)0.7 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)13.8 (lower)2.7 (lower)5.0 (lower)
Questions1439.7 (lower)34.3 (lower)35.8 (lower)
Motions219.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)19.1 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.9 (lower)0.5 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)12.7 (lower)1.9 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Explanations of Vote343.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)2.9 (higher)
Vote Participation91.2%86.3% (higher)85.8% (higher)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.