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Rachel BLOM

Netherlands Netherlands PfE – Patriots for Europe Partij voor de Vrijheid

Rachel BLOM is a Member of the European Parliament from Netherlands, representing Partij voor de Vrijheid in the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Rachel has submitted 816 amendments, delivered 3 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 3 as shadow rapporteur, asked 25 questions, and filed 3 motions. Vote participation stands at 97.1% (5755 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 816 811.1 +5 299th/743 15th/34 46th/93
Speeches 3 44.4 -41 712th/743 33rd/34 86th/93
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 15th/34 12th/93
Reports (Shadow) 3 3.8 -1 285th/743 20th/34 39th/93
Questions 25 39.7 -15 410th/743 17th/34 73rd/93
Motions 3 19.6 -17 446th/743 23rd/34 73rd/93
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 12th/34 11th/93
Opinions (Shadow) 4 2.7 +1 143rd/743 8th/34 19th/93
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 19th/34 57th/93
Vote Participation 97.1% 86.3% – 111th/745 16th/34 14th/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

Member TRAN – Committee on Transport and Tourism
Member SEDE – Subcommittee on Security and Defence
Member HOUS – Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union

Delegations

Substitute D-CA – Delegation for relations with Canada
Member DSEE – Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, including the EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee and the EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee

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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union (HOUS): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 2 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE): Member, since 2025-11-24. Attended 6 of 16 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 15 of 25 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with Canada (D-CA): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, including the EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee and the EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (DSEE): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 3, most recent first.

  • 2026-05-08 A10-0139/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and Directive 2014/47/EU on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union (TRAN)
  • 2025-09-12 A10-0162/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (EMPL, IMCO)
  • 2025-03-20 A10-0033/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/44/EC on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community (TRAN)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 4, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-30 SEDE_AD(2026)785116 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism) (SEDE)
  • 2025-06-27 EMPL_AD(2025)773239 OPINION on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (EMPL)
  • 2025-01-29 EMPL_AD(2025)765076 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of Commission for the financial year 2023 (EMPL)
  • 2025-01-28 EMPL_AD(2025)765075 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2023 (EMPL)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/2070(INI): 124 amendments, latest 2025-10-22 (HOUS)
    EP document title: REPORT on the housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
  • 2025/0097(COD): 116 amendments, latest 2026-01-28 (TRAN)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and Directive 2014/47/EU on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union
  • 2025/0045(COD): 75 amendments, latest 2025-06-17 (EMPL)
    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
  • 2025/0420(COD): 59 amendments, latest 2026-06-12 (TRAN)
  • 2023/0404(COD): 39 amendments, latest 2024-12-18 (EMPL)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an EU talent pool

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 24. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-06 Chaos at European airports caused by EES (P-10-2026-002795)
  • 2026-05-07 Aviation fuel shortage (E-10-2026-001884)
  • 2026-02-11 Impact of EU transport policy on the automotive sector and budgetary impact on the EGF and net contributor Member States (E-10-2026-000588)
  • 2026-02-11 Alleged Commission interference in Member State elections through the Digital Services Act (E-10-2026-000592)
  • 2025-12-17 Temporary exemption from nitrogen regulations for sustainable energy infrastructure, housing construction and essential infrastructure in the Netherlands (E-10-2025-004980)
  • 2025-12-02 Inclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood in the EU list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts (Council Decision 2001/931/CFSP) (E-10-2025-004796)
  • 2025-11-26 EU Enlargement Forum: boundary between the drive for enlargement and foreign influence (E-10-2025-004702)
  • 2025-10-30 Follow-up questions in response to the answers to the questions on the appointment of heads of cabinet in return for political support (E-10-2025-004273)
  • 2025-10-29 Follow-up questions in response to the answers to the questions on the appointment of heads of cabinet in return for political support (E-10-2025-004250)
  • 2025-10-22 Low employment rates in rural and peripheral European regions and inadequate labour market data from NUTS 2 regions (E-10-2025-004166)
  • 2025-10-22 Extension of the Erasmus+ programme to North Africa and the Middle East (E-10-2025-004167)
  • 2025-10-01 Designation of Antifa as a terrorist organisation at EU level, following the example of the Netherlands (E-10-2025-003804)
  • 2025-09-02 Counterterrorism policy priorities in the light of the Europol EU TE-SAT 2025 report (E-10-2025-003358)
  • 2025-07-08 Definition of ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’, ‘lying’ and ‘misleading information’ in primary and secondary Union law (E-10-2025-002768)
  • 2025-06-12 The ‘EU Talent Pool’ as a new open door for mass migration (E-10-2025-002371)
  • 2025-05-21 European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 11/2025: consequences of unduly paying grants to organisations wrongly categorised as NGOs (E-10-2025-002046)
  • 2025-05-21 Update of the Commission’s 2020 study projecting the net fiscal impact of immigration in the EU (E-10-2025-002052)
  • 2025-05-06 Follow-up question on substantive pledges and cabinet positions promised by the Commission to the European Greens (E-10-2025-001815)
  • 2025-05-06 European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 11/2025: poor classification and registration of grant applicants (E-10-2025-001816)
  • 2025-03-13 CO<sub>2</sub> emission performance standards for cars and vans (Regulation (EU) 2019/631) (E-10-2025-001085)

Questions for oral answer

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

  • 2025-12-19 Multi-million euro fine against X to enforce the EU censorship agenda under the guise of alleged violations of transparency obligations under the DSA (O-10-2025-000047)

Motions for resolutions

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 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)
  • 2025-09-12 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0400)

Individual motions for resolutions

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

  • 2024-12-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Dismantling Overregulation and Government Encroachment: reclaiming competitiveness and innovation in the European Union (B-10-2024-0214)
  • 2024-10-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cost of the European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg (B-10-2024-0120)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Rachel BLOM set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Patriots for 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 meanPfE meanNetherlands mean
Amendments816811.1 (higher)937.9 (lower)778.6 (higher)
Speeches344.4 (lower)32.0 (lower)39.2 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.3 (lower)0.7 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)33.8 (lower)4.0 (lower)5.0 (lower)
Questions2539.7 (lower)54.2 (lower)35.8 (lower)
Motions319.6 (lower)6.7 (lower)19.1 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.1 (lower)0.5 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)42.7 (higher)2.8 (higher)2.9 (higher)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)97.4 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Vote Participation97.1%86.3% (higher)83.5% (higher)92.0% (higher)

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