Nikolas FARANTOURIS
Nikolas FARANTOURIS is a Member of the European Parliament from Greece, representing Independent in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Nikolas has submitted 609 amendments, delivered 39 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 28 as shadow rapporteur, asked 78 questions, and filed 11 motions. Vote participation stands at 74.5% (4415 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 | 609 | 811.1 | -202 | 410th/743 | 10th/21 | 94th/138 |
| Speeches | 39 | 44.4 | -5 | 307th/743 | 12th/21 | 58th/138 |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 1 | 0.8 | +0 | 134th/743 | 3rd/21 | 39th/138 |
| Reports (Shadow) | 28 | 3.8 | +24 | 2nd/743 | 1st/21 | 1st/138 |
| Questions | 78 | 39.7 | +38 | 114th/743 | 13th/21 | 14th/138 |
| Motions | 11 | 19.6 | -9 | 212th/743 | 6th/21 | 21st/138 |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 | -1 | 223rd/743 | 3rd/21 | 56th/138 |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 5 | 2.7 | +2 | 113th/743 | 4th/21 | 11th/138 |
| Explanations of Vote | 0 | 43.0 | -43 | 394th/743 | 10th/21 | 90th/138 |
| Vote Participation | 74.5% | 86.3% | – | 657th/745 | 17th/21 | 121st/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
Delegations
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Committees and delegations
Nikolas FARANTOURIS holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).
Committees
- Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): Substitute, since 2026-05-13. Attended 0 of 4 committee meetings held during the membership
- Committee on Budgets (BUDG): Member, since 2026-05-18. Attended 8 of 43 committee meetings held during the membership
- Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI): Substitute, since 2026-05-13. Attended 17 of 51 committee meetings held during the membership
Delegations
- Delegation for relations with India (D-IN): Substitute, since 2026-05-13
- Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (D-UK): Member, since 2026-05-18
- Delegation for relations with the United States (D-US): Substitute, since 2026-05-13
- Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (DASE): Substitute, since 2026-05-13
Reports and opinions
Reports as rapporteur
All 1, most recent first.
- 2025-07-01 A10-0125/2025 REPORT on implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (DEVE, ENVI)
Reports as shadow rapporteur
Most recent 5 of 28.
- 2026-06-29 A10-0187/2026 REPORT on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum (DEVE, ENVI)
- 2026-04-27 A10-0123/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision amending the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, annexed to Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976 (AFCO)
- 2026-04-14 A10-0084/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium– EGF/2025/008/BE/Liberty (BUDG)
- 2026-03-19 A10-0064/2026 REPORT on amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning appointments to Union agencies and bodies (Rule 135) (AFCO)
- 2026-03-18 A10-0060/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Austria – EGF/2025/005 AT/KTM (BUDG)
Opinions as shadow rapporteur
All 5, most recent first.
- 2026-02-26 AFCO_AD(2026)782229 OPINION on the interim report on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2028 to 2034 (AFCO)
- 2025-07-18 BUDG_AD(2025)772187 BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Council Directive on Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) (BUDG)
- 2025-04-24 BUDG_AD(2025)771892 BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism (BUDG)
- 2025-03-20 AFCO_AD(2025)768115 OPINION on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (AFCO)
- 2025-01-29 AFCO_AD(2025)766587 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section II – European Council and Council (AFCO)
Amendments by procedure
Procedures with the most amendments Nikolas FARANTOURIS has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.
- 2024/2718(RSP): 73 amendments, latest 2024-09-11 (ENVI)
- 2025/2014(INI): 71 amendments, latest 2025-03-28 (DEVE, ENVI)
EP document title: REPORT on implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum - 2025/2248(INI): 67 amendments, latest 2026-03-25 (DEVE)
EP document title: REPORT on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum - 2026/2036(INI): 67 amendments, latest 2026-06-15 (AFET)
- 2026/0068(COD): 40 amendments, latest 2026-07-23 (ENVI)
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 74. Records up to 2026-09-09.
- 2026-09-02 Infringements of fishing rules and sovereign rights in the Aegean by Turkish vessels and protection of Greek fishers (E-10-2026-003457)
- 2026-08-18 Türkiye’s designation of two marine parks in violation of international law and Greek sovereign rights in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean (E-10-2026-003292)
- 2026-08-17 Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai: rule of law and EU-Egypt relations (E-10-2026-003286)
- 2026-07-28 Guaranteeing access to drinking water as a human right (E-10-2026-003149)
- 2026-07-23 Libya’s repeated unilateral maritime claims against EU Member States (E-10-2026-003110)
- 2026-07-16 Ensuring the continued operation of the Blue Flag Programme under Directive (EU) 2024/825 (E-10-2026-003031)
- 2026-07-13 Preparation of a blueprint for the implementation of the mutual assistance clause (E-10-2026-002890)
- 2026-07-03 Recent visit of the Vice-President / High Representative and Commissioners to Türkiye (E-10-2026-002761)
- 2026-06-15 IMEC corridor prospects and impact of competing regional transport and connectivity projects (E-10-2026-002464)
- 2026-06-12 Misuse of EU funds in Athens’ Prosfygika district: partnership principle violations and fundamental rights concerns (E-10-2026-002432)
- 2026-06-09 Strengthening the effectiveness of EU-funded measures to tackle youth unemployment (E-10-2026-002372)
- 2026-06-08 Türkiye’s instrumentalisation of fisheries and environmental protection in the context of the ‘Blue Homeland’ (E-10-2026-002335)
- 2026-06-02 Application of the Early Detection and Exclusion System to companies active in the cyber-surveillance sector, including those involved in spyware (E-10-2026-002239)
- 2026-06-02 Participation of EU officials in ISS World Europe security fair (E-10-2026-002240)
- 2026-06-01 Evidence of systemic failures by online platforms to tackle financial scams (E-10-2026-002217)
- 2026-05-29 Cyprus's unacceptable exclusion from COP31 processes (E-10-2026-002188)
- 2026-05-27 Letter from the European Chief Prosecutor to the Commission on the effective and independent functioning of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Greece (E-10-2026-002165)
- 2026-05-20 Recent visit of the Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection to Greece (E-10-2026-002087)
- 2026-05-18 Removal of the ‘Trust your Stars’ project from the Recovery and Resilience Fund (E-10-2026-002043)
- 2026-05-13 Possible illegal surveillance of European officials through surveillance of their Greek counterparts (E-10-2026-001981)
Questions for oral answer
All 4, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.
- 2026-04-17 Taxation of windfall profits in the energy sector (O-10-2026-000019)
- 2026-01-28 Addressing the gender health gap in the new research and innovation programme (FP10) (O-10-2026-000004)
- 2024-09-13 2024 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (O-10-2024-000010)
- 2024-09-12 2024 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (O-10-2024-000009)
Motions for resolutions
All 11, 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)
- 2026-06-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recruitment of children by organised crime (B-10-2026-0275)
- 2026-02-11 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire
- 2026-02-11 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretexts
- 2026-02-09 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on World Cancer Day (B-10-2026-0126)
- 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)
- 2025-11-05 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)
- 2025-07-09 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus
- 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-10-2025-0325)
- 2024-11-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (B-10-2024-0156)
Comparison with group and country means
Counts of Nikolas FARANTOURIS set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group and of the Members from Greece. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.
| Activity | Count | EP mean | S&D mean | Greece mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendments | 609 | 811.1 (lower) | 980.6 (lower) | 641.9 (lower) |
| Speeches | 39 | 44.4 (lower) | 47.4 (lower) | 41.2 (lower) |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 1 | 0.8 (higher) | 1.1 (lower) | 0.6 (higher) |
| Reports (Shadow) | 28 | 3.8 (higher) | 2.7 (higher) | 3.5 (higher) |
| Questions | 78 | 39.7 (higher) | 34.3 (higher) | 82.1 (lower) |
| Motions | 11 | 19.6 (lower) | 8.2 (higher) | 20.1 (lower) |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 (lower) | 0.9 (lower) | 0.1 (lower) |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 5 | 2.7 (higher) | 1.9 (higher) | 2.4 (higher) |
| Explanations of Vote | 0 | 43.0 (lower) | 31.4 (lower) | 17.1 (lower) |
| Vote Participation | 74.5% | 86.3% (lower) | 85.8% (lower) | 81.6% (lower) |
Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.