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Sara MATTHIEU

Belgium Belgium Greens/EFA – Greens / European Free Alliance Groen

Sara MATTHIEU is a Member of the European Parliament from Belgium, representing Groen in the Greens / European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Sara has submitted 656 amendments, delivered 38 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 5 as shadow rapporteur, asked 55 questions, and filed 12 motions. Vote participation stands at 87.5% (5187 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 656 811.1 -155 381st/743 14th/22 14th/54
Speeches 38 44.4 -6 321st/743 10th/22 28th/54
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 8th/22 23rd/54
Reports (Shadow) 5 3.8 +1 172nd/743 8th/22 31st/54
Questions 55 39.7 +15 189th/743 11th/22 22nd/54
Motions 12 19.6 -8 202nd/743 11th/22 22nd/54
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 5th/22 19th/54
Opinions (Shadow) 4 2.7 +1 143rd/743 9th/22 25th/54
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 16th/22 20th/54
Vote Participation 87.5% 86.3% – 454th/745 17th/22 41st/54

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 EMPL – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Substitute ENVI – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Member ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Delegations

Member DSAS – Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia
Substitute D-IN – Delegation for relations with India
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Committees and delegations

Sara MATTHIEU 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 3 of 38 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI): Substitute, since 2025-01-20. Attended 23 of 51 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

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with India (D-IN): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (DSAS): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 5, most recent first.

  • 2026-07-09 A10-0201/2026 REPORT 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 (ENVI)
  • 2026-07-02 A10-0192/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending regulation (EU) 2024/1252 (ITRE)
  • 2025-12-12 A10-0261/2025 REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies (EMPL)
  • 2025-08-06 A10-0158/2025 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 (ENVI, IMCO)
  • 2025-05-14 A10-0085/2025 REPORT 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 (ENVI)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 4, most recent first.

  • 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)
  • 2025-10-08 EMPL_AD(2025)773274 OPINION 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 (EMPL)
  • 2025-06-05 ENVI_AL(2025)773339 Opinion on the proposal for a regulation amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review (2025/0084(COD)) (ENVI)
  • 2025-05-14 EMPL_AD(2025)770275 OPINION on the role of cohesion policy in supporting the just transition (EMPL)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2023/0284(COD): 191 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
  • 2025/0419(COD): 177 amendments, latest 2026-05-26 (ENVI)
    EP document title: REPORT 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
  • 2025/0545(COD): 94 amendments, latest 2026-04-27 (EMPL)
    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
  • 2025/0418(COD): 37 amendments, latest 2026-05-11 (ENVI)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
  • 2025/2131(INL): 37 amendments, latest 2025-09-26 (EMPL)
    EP document title: REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies

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 52. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-15 Implementation of Case C-81/24 (Jenec) and protection against extraterritorial sanctions targeting international justice (E-10-2026-002968)
  • 2026-07-08 Türkiye’s refusal to admit an LGBTQ+ cruise ship (E-10-2026-002834)
  • 2026-06-29 Compliance with Chapter 27 benchmarks and the EU environmental acquis in relation to developments in the Vjosa-Narta Protected Area in Albania (P-10-2026-002691)
  • 2026-06-17 Systematic sexualised torture against Palestinian detainees (E-10-2026-002515)
  • 2026-06-08 Access to Temporary Protection Directive provisions in Belgium for babies born after 24 February 2022 (E-10-2026-002349)
  • 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)
  • 2026-02-19 The European Parliament’s call to trigger the blocking statute to protect and safeguard the International Criminal Court (E-10-2026-000718)
  • 2026-02-18 US controlled Venezuelan oil trade (E-10-2026-000696)
  • 2026-02-04 Mayor of Budapest fined and charged without trial for organising a Pride march in the EU (E-10-2026-000446)
  • 2026-01-13 Request for urgent EU measures against AI-enabled non-consensual sexualised content involving minors on platform X (E-10-2026-000099)
  • 2025-12-19 Whale and dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands (E-10-2025-005028)
  • 2025-12-15 Extraterritorial sanctions leading to ‘debanking’ of EU citizens and officials of EU-supported institutions (E-10-2025-004941)
  • 2025-12-09 Committee for Socio-economic Analysis opinion delays and implications for the adoption of the EU-wide PFAS restriction (E-10-2025-004861)
  • 2025-12-09 Participation of Israel in the Horizon Europe programme (E-10-2025-004869)
  • 2025-12-08 Suspension of the Memorandum of Understanding on Critical Raw Materials with Rwanda (P-10-2025-004850)
  • 2025-11-20 European digital sovereignty and the drafting process of the ‘Digital Omnibus’ (E-10-2025-004632)
  • 2025-11-20 EU funding of companies linked to spyware and illegal surveillance (E-10-2025-004636)
  • 2025-10-23 Sliding scale for steel (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and the proposed industrial decarbonisation accelerator act) (E-10-2025-004184)
  • 2025-10-20 Safeguard measures on manganese and silicon-based alloying elements (E-10-2025-004124)

Questions for oral answer

All 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-02-05 When and how will the Commission deliver on its commitment to revise the EU’s animal welfare legislation? (O-10-2026-000006)
  • 2025-12-02 European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (O-10-2025-000044)
  • 2025-09-24 Fur farming and the placing of farmed fur products on the market (O-10-2025-000034)

Motions for resolutions

All 12, 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)
  • 2026-01-14 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)
  • 2025-12-11 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)
  • 2025-10-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a united response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (B-10-2025-0423)
  • 2025-09-08 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gaza at breaking point: EU action against the famine, for the release of the hostages and a two-state solution (B-10-2025-0373)
  • 2025-09-08 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Victoire Ingabire in Rwanda (B-10-2025-0393)
  • 2025-07-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (B-10-2025-0331)
  • 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-10-2025-0129)
  • 2025-01-20 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the Case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (B-10-2025-0072)
  • 2024-09-18 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change
  • 2024-09-17 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (B-10-2024-0063)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Sara MATTHIEU set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Greens / European Free Alliance 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.

ActivityCountEP meanGreens/EFA meanBelgium mean
Amendments656811.1 (lower)494.4 (higher)1052.9 (lower)
Speeches3844.4 (lower)45.1 (lower)42.9 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.6 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)53.8 (higher)7.5 (lower)5.7 (lower)
Questions5539.7 (higher)53.2 (higher)56.6 (lower)
Motions1219.6 (lower)19.1 (lower)40.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.6 (lower)0.5 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)42.7 (higher)5.7 (lower)5.2 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)2.3 (lower)29.6 (lower)
Vote Participation87.5%86.3% (higher)90.0% (lower)88.2% (lower)

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