Committees and delegations

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

Committees

• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 23 of 38 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on International Trade (INTA): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 18 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 21 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership
• Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN): Substitute, since 2026-05-20. Attended 1 of 2 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

• Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil (D-BR): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
• Delegation for relations with South Africa (D-ZA): Member, since 2024-09-19
• Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly (DPAC): Substitute, since 2025-12-10
• Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (DSAS): Member, since 2025-12-15

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 16.

• 2026-07-03 A10-0195/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures (ITRE)
• 2026-05-19 A10-0148/2026 REPORT on the role of trade in strengthening the EU’s economic security (INTA)
• 2026-05-07 A10-0134/2026 RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (INTA)
• 2026-04-10 A10-0086/2026 REPORT on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 (CONT)
• 2026-03-30 A10-0080/2026 REPORT on the protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024 (CONT)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 15.

• 2026-07-06 ITRE_AD(2026)786735 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund (ITRE)
• 2026-06-24 ITRE_AD(2026)786734 OPINION 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 (ITRE)
• 2026-06-03 EMPL_AL(2026)788023 Opinion on Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium (EMPL)
• 2026-05-28 EMPL_AD(2026)785132 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU) [EDIP] (EMPL)
• 2026-04-24 CONT_AD(2026)784350 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU) [EDIP] (CONT)

Amendments by procedure

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

• 2025/0555(COD): 210 amendments, latest 2026-03-11 (CONT)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU)
• 2025/0545(COD): 108 amendments, latest 2026-05-22 (ITRE)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
• 2025/0227(COD): 77 amendments, latest 2026-04-09 (CONT)
  EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Global Europe
• 2025/2237(INI): 72 amendments, latest 2026-03-06 (CONT)
  EP document title: REPORT on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
• 2025/2057(INI): 64 amendments, latest 2025-05-22 (EMPL)
  EP document title: REPORT on the EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024

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 98. Records up to 2026-09-09.

• 2026-09-07 Extraterritorial impact of the US designation of Autistici/Inventati as a terrorist entity (P-10-2026-003526)
• 2026-07-22 Cutro shipwreck, tragedies at sea and the right of vicitms’ families (E-10-2026-003097)
• 2026-07-16 Humanitarian situation of Sahrawi refugees, inadequate EU humanitarian assistance and the growing water crisis in the refugee camps (E-10-2026-003027)
• 2026-07-16 Urgent appeal for the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya (E-10-2026-003029)
• 2026-07-15 Implementation of Case C-81/24 (Jenec) and protection against extraterritorial sanctions targeting international justice (E-10-2026-002968)
• 2026-07-14 State of play of negotiations on the agreement on the exchange of personal data between Europol and Israel (E-10-2026-002925)
• 2026-07-08 European funds allocated to fighting period poverty (E-10-2026-002822)
• 2026-07-08 New report on the benefits for the Sahrawi people of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement (E-10-2026-002835)
• 2026-07-07 Transparency regarding EU-funded infrastructure destroyed in Gaza (E-10-2026-002805)
• 2026-06-30 Follow-up to question for written answer E-001083/2025 on menstrual products: transparency and health risks (E-10-2026-002698)
• 2026-06-24 CAP subsidies received by the UAE royal family and transparency of ultimate beneficiaries (E-10-2026-002616)
• 2026-06-18 Procedural irregularities surrounding the case of the ‘Ulm 5’ activists in Germany (E-10-2026-002533)
• 2026-06-17 Circumvention of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and illegal imports from settlements in the occupied territories (E-10-2026-002521)
• 2026-06-16 Visa ban for (ex-)combatants of armed forces implicated in serious violations (E-10-2026-002483)
• 2026-06-12 Misuse of EU funds in Athens’ Prosfygika district: partnership principle violations and fundamental rights concerns (E-10-2026-002432)
• 2026-06-11 Appointment of Jim Hagemann Snabe as Special Envoy for Industrial Artificial Intelligence (E-10-2026-002410)
• 2026-06-10 Potential conflict of interest in the appointment of the Special Envoy for Industrial AI (P-10-2026-002401)
• 2026-06-04 Use of Anti-Coercion Instrument against Trump in Cuba (E-10-2026-002312)
• 2026-06-01 Action by EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič regarding trade restrictions on goods from illegal Israeli settlements (E-10-2026-002215)
• 2026-05-14 Follow up to written question regarding the exclusion of Israel from Most-Favoured Nation treatment under World Trade Organization rules (E-10-2026-002024)

Questions for oral answer

All 18, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

• 2026-09-07 Climate change, public health and the world of work: for a directive on maximum working temperatures (O-10-2026-000035)
• 2026-06-25 The recent coercive measures imposed by the United States against Cuba, their extraterritorial nature and the measures to be adopted to defend the interests of individuals and companies from EU countries (O-10-2026-000029)
• 2026-06-24 ECB’s decision to raise interest rates and its impact on the rising cost of living (O-10-2026-000028)
• 2026-03-20 Transfer of European citizens’ biometric data to the Trump administration (O-10-2026-000015)
• 2026-03-09 Public procurement and deaths at work: choosing the best bidder in social terms and making social rights and safety at work a condition for access to contracts (O-10-2026-000011)
• 2026-01-28 Addressing the gender health gap in the new research and innovation programme (FP10) (O-10-2026-000004)
• 2025-10-29 Judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the EU trade agreements with the Kingdom of Morocco (O-10-2025-000037)
• 2025-10-29 Judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the EU trade agreements with the Kingdom of Morocco (O-10-2025-000038)
• 2025-09-22 US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorism (O-10-2025-000032)
• 2025-09-22 US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorism (O-10-2025-000033)
• 2025-07-07 Access to baby formula in Gaza (O-10-2025-000023)
• 2025-05-28 EU-Israel Association Agreement (O-10-2025-000019)
• 2025-05-10 EU response to Israel’s planned illegal annexation and starvation of Gaza (O-10-2025-000015)
• 2025-03-13 Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreements (O-10-2025-000008)
• 2025-03-13 Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreements (O-10-2025-000009)
• 2025-02-18 Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’ (O-10-2025-000006)
• 2025-02-18 Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’ (O-10-2025-000007)
• 2024-11-26 ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024 (O-10-2024-000016)

Motions for resolutions

All 8, 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)
• 2026-06-12 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (B-10-2026-0289)
• 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)
• 2025-02-11 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 2025-02-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (B-10-2025-0102)

Individual motions for resolutions

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

• 2026-05-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on holding Israel to account for breaches of human rights and international law (B-10-2026-0267)
• 2026-01-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the repression of anti-fascist movements and activists in Europe (B-10-2025-0597)
• 2025-09-22 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on whale and dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands (B-10-2025-0404)

Written explanations of vote

20 of 23, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

• 2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text
• Amending short-stay visas regulation (EU) 2018/1806) as regards Vanuatu
• Amendment of the EIB's Statute
• Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
• Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application
• Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections
• Election of the Commission
• Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
• EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia
• EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia
• EU/USA Agreement on launch of Galileo satellites from U.S. territory
• Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes
• Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud
• Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
• Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch
• Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus
• People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan
• Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments
• Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia
• Situation in Venezuela

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Rudi KENNES set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the The Left in the European Parliament group and of the Members from Belgium. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

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