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Matthieu VALET

France France PfE – Patriots for Europe Rassemblement national

Matthieu VALET is a Member of the European Parliament from France, representing Rassemblement national in the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Matthieu has submitted 1545 amendments, delivered 40 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 9 as shadow rapporteur, asked 22 questions, and filed 27 motions. Vote participation stands at 68.3% (4048 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 1545 811.1 +734 101st/743 20th/84 18th/93
Speeches 40 44.4 -4 287th/743 24th/84 30th/93
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 13th/84 7th/93
Reports (Shadow) 9 3.8 +5 66th/743 8th/84 10th/93
Questions 22 39.7 -18 446th/743 66th/84 78th/93
Motions 27 19.6 +7 128th/743 8th/84 3rd/93
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 17th/84 11th/93
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 63rd/84 57th/93
Explanations of Vote 147 43.0 +104 72nd/743 28th/84 23rd/93
Vote Participation 68.3% 86.3% – 689th/745 80th/84 84th/94

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 ENVI – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Member DROI – Subcommittee on Human Rights
Member LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Substitute SEDE – Subcommittee on Security and Defence
Substitute AFET – Committee on Foreign Affairs

Delegations

Member D-CA – Delegation for relations with Canada
Substitute DMED – Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
Member D-UK – Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
Member DPAL – Delegation for relations with Palestine
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Committees and delegations

Matthieu VALET 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 8 of 41 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 16 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI): Substitute, since 2025-01-20. Attended 0 of 41 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Member, since 2026-04-27. Attended 4 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE): Substitute, since 2025-01-23. Attended 0 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with Canada (D-CA): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (D-UK): Member, since 2025-05-05
  • Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (DMED): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with Palestine (DPAL): Member, since 2024-12-16

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-02-25 A10-0028/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Ecuador, of the other part, on cooperation between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism (LIBE)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 9.

  • 2026-06-10 A10-0166/2026 REPORT on the 2025 Commission report on Kosovo (AFET)
  • 2026-04-24 A10-0107/2026 REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part (AFET)
  • 2026-04-20 A10-0102/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part (AFET)
  • 2025-10-23 A10-0206/2025 REPORT on addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders (AFET)
  • 2025-06-16 A10-0111/2025 REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part (AFET)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/2239(INI): 118 amendments, latest 2025-12-15 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report
  • 2025/0420(COD): 103 amendments, latest 2026-06-18 (ENVI)
  • 2023/0284(COD): 88 amendments, latest 2025-02-24 (ENVI, IMCO)
    EP document title: 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
  • 2025/0241(COD): 80 amendments, latest 2026-03-26 (ENVI)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034
  • 2025/0221(COD): 71 amendments, latest 2026-02-19 (ENVI)
    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 16, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-22 EU funding granted to NGO Sea‑Watch during inquiry into suspected collusion with smuggling networks (P-10-2026-003080)
  • 2026-06-05 New surge in illegal immigration on the Libya-Crete-Gavdos route (E-10-2026-002324)
  • 2026-04-28 Recognition of historic vehicles as part of Europe’s living cultural heritage (E-10-2026-001725)
  • 2025-11-25 Plan to set up a European intelligence service under the authority of the President of the Commission (E-10-2025-004681)
  • 2025-11-05 Extension of the Erasmus+ programme to Algeria and Syria (E-10-2025-004380)
  • 2025-10-15 Inclusion of Afghanistan and Syria in the European list of safe countries of origin (P-10-2025-004047)
  • 2025-04-23 Anti-white racism and Christianophobia: the forgotten victims of the EU’s strategy against racism (E-10-2025-001643)
  • 2025-03-25 Keeping the acquisition of military equipment independent and upholding the ‘buy European’ mantra following the appointment of Rudy Priem (E-10-2025-001235)
  • 2025-02-05 Funding European competitiveness through automotive carbon credits (E-10-2025-000531)
  • 2025-01-15 UK rape scandal involving Pakistani grooming gangs (E-10-2025-000139)
  • 2025-01-15 Backsliding of women’s rights under Abu Mohammed al-Jolani’s interim government in Syria (E-10-2025-000140)
  • 2025-01-15 Annulment of the presidential elections in Romania and the role of the Commission following Thierry Breton’s remarks (P-10-2025-000150)
  • 2024-12-11 Türkiye’s alleged ties with radical Islamist groups in Syria (E-10-2024-002865)
  • 2024-09-26 Regularisation of illegal migrants in Spain and consequences for the EU (E-10-2024-001829)
  • 2024-09-10 Attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority (E-10-2024-001670)
  • 2024-09-09 Pro-Hamas NGO funded by the EU (P-10-2024-001656)

Questions for oral answer

All 6, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-07-17 Adapting EU energy performance policies in the light of extreme heat episodes (O-10-2026-000032)
  • 2026-04-28 War in the Strait of Hormuz: measures to shield European agriculture from rising fertiliser prices (O-10-2026-000022)
  • 2026-01-26 Reporters Without Borders, a biased NGO heavily subsidised by Brussels (O-10-2026-000003)
  • 2025-11-20 Manipulation of the Erasmus+ programme as a new channel for immigration and exclusion of Hungarian universities from the programme (O-10-2025-000043)
  • 2025-10-31 Returns to Afghanistan: response to Member States’ call for an effective migration policy (O-10-2025-000039)
  • 2025-06-10 ‘Choose Europe for Science’ plan and intrusion of wokism at universities (O-10-2025-000021)

Motions for resolutions

Most recent 20 of 27. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-06-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recruitment of children by organised crime (B-10-2026-0276)
  • 2026-05-18 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban's adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts (B-10-2026-0249)
  • 2026-02-10 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 (B-10-2026-0149)
  • 2026-01-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the brutal repression against protesters in Iran (B-10-2026-0077)
  • 2026-01-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking (B-10-2026-0058)
  • 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-10-2026-0061)
  • 2026-01-14 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2026-0063)
  • 2025-11-24 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the escalating repression of the Baha'i in Iran (B-10-2025-0526)
  • 2025-10-20 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on renewing the EU-Africa Partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit (B-10-2025-0470)
  • 2025-10-17 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 8 July 2025 supplementing Directive (EU) 2024/1788 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels (B-10-2025-0464)
  • 2025-10-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes (B-10-2025-0426)
  • 2025-09-12 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0400)
  • 2025-09-08 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Detention of EU Citizens in the occupied areas of Cyprus (B-10-2025-0376)
  • 2025-09-08 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Victoire Ingabire in Rwanda (B-10-2025-0391)
  • 2025-07-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on the Mar Elias Church in Damascus (B-10-2025-0343)
  • 2025-06-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of the dissolution of political parties and crackdown on opposition in Mali (B-10-2025-0293)
  • 2025-03-31 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the execution spree in Iran and the confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani (B-10-2025-0222)
  • 2025-03-28 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the targeted attacks against Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: defending religious freedom and security (B-10-2025-0213)
  • 2025-03-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the case of unlawful detention and sham trial of Armenian hostages, including high-ranking political representatives from Nagorno-Karabakh, by Azerbaijan (B-10-2025-0179)
  • 2025-03-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria (B-10-2025-0155)

Individual motions for resolutions

All 6, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

  • 2025-11-11 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the protection of religious minorities in Syria (B-10-2025-0487)
  • 2025-10-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on declaring Antifa a terrorist organisation (B-10-2025-0447)
  • 2025-09-23 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the brutal murders of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and US political activist Charlie Kirk, and the need to defend vulnerable individuals and uphold law and order (B-10-2025-0405)
  • 2025-06-12 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on combating the establishment of transnational Islamist networks in Europe (B-10-2025-0279)
  • 2024-12-17 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU policy on Syrian refugees following the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime (B-10-2024-0237)
  • 2024-09-23 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the surge in the number of sub-Saharan migrants (B-10-2024-0065)

Written explanations of vote

20 of 147, 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 Kosovo
  • 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova
  • 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro
  • 2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
  • 2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
  • 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye
  • 2025 Commission report on Albania
  • 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2025 Commission report on Kosovo
  • 2025 Commission report on Serbia
  • Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023
  • Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024
  • Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called “EU Magnitsky Act”)
  • Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders
  • Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data
  • Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement
  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism
  • Amending short-stay visas regulation (EU) 2018/1806) as regards Vanuatu

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Matthieu VALET set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Patriots for Europe group and of the Members from France. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanPfE meanFrance mean
Amendments1545811.1 (higher)937.9 (higher)1111.3 (higher)
Speeches4044.4 (lower)32.0 (higher)34.2 (higher)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)0.3 (higher)0.7 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)93.8 (higher)4.0 (higher)4.4 (higher)
Questions2239.7 (lower)54.2 (lower)55.3 (lower)
Motions2719.6 (higher)6.7 (higher)10.5 (higher)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.1 (lower)0.3 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)2.8 (lower)3.1 (lower)
Explanations of Vote14743.0 (higher)97.4 (higher)139.3 (higher)
Vote Participation68.3%86.3% (lower)83.5% (lower)86.4% (lower)

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