Sebastian TYNKKYNEN
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN is a Member of the European Parliament from Finland, representing Perussuomalaiset in the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Sebastian has submitted 2590 amendments, delivered 370 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 3 as shadow rapporteur, asked 102 questions, and filed 189 motions. Vote participation stands at 85.8% (5085 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 | 2590 | 811.1 | +1779 | 14th/743 | 1st/16 | 1st/84 |
| Speeches | 370 | 44.4 | +326 | 3rd/743 | 1st/16 | 1st/84 |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.8 | -1 | 263rd/743 | 6th/16 | 24th/84 |
| Reports (Shadow) | 3 | 3.8 | -1 | 285th/743 | 8th/16 | 46th/84 |
| Questions | 102 | 39.7 | +62 | 58th/743 | 1st/16 | 5th/84 |
| Motions | 189 | 19.6 | +169 | 7th/743 | 1st/16 | 1st/84 |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 | -1 | 223rd/743 | 7th/16 | 23rd/84 |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 4 | 2.7 | +1 | 143rd/743 | 6th/16 | 21st/84 |
| Explanations of Vote | 24 | 43.0 | -19 | 165th/743 | 3rd/16 | 13th/84 |
| Vote Participation | 85.8% | 86.3% | – | 491st/745 | 10th/16 | 59th/84 |
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
Committees and delegations
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).
Committees
- Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 26 of 41 committee meetings held during the membership
- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 24 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership
Delegations
- Delegation for relations with South Africa (D-ZA): Member, since 2024-09-19
- Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP): Member, since 2024-09-19
- Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly (DAFR): Member, since 2024-09-19
Reports and opinions
Reports as shadow rapporteur
All 3, most recent first.
- 2026-02-27 A10-0034/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2014/65/EU and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplifying measures (ECON, LIBE)
- 2025-12-10 A10-0258/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an application for the electronic submission of travel data (“EU Digital Travel application”) and amending Regulations (EU) 2016/399 and (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004, as regards the use of digital travel credentials (LIBE)
- 2024-11-21 A10-0015/2024 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu (LIBE)
Opinions as shadow rapporteur
All 4, most recent first.
- 2026-06-24 LIBE_AD(2026)787655 OPINION on institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration (LIBE)
- 2025-06-17 LIBE_AD(2025)772188 OPINION on the Gender Equality Strategy 2025 (LIBE)
- 2025-04-09 LIBE_AD(2025)769925 OPINION on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (LIBE)
- 2025-03-20 LIBE_AL(2025)770023 Opinion on the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (recast) (LIBE)
Amendments by procedure
Procedures with the most amendments Sebastian TYNKKYNEN has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.
- 2025/2239(INI): 180 amendments, latest 2026-01-07 (AFET)
EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report - 2025/0227(COD): 164 amendments, latest 2026-05-26 (AFET)
EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Global Europe - 2025/2256(INI): 94 amendments, latest 2026-03-12 (AFET)
EP document title: REPORT on the 2025 Commission report on Türkiye - 2025/0550(COD): 88 amendments, latest 2026-06-22 (CULT)
EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the ‘AgoraEU’ programme for the period 2028 to 2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818 - 2024/2051(INI): 73 amendments, latest 2025-02-25 (AFET)
EP document title: REPORT on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world
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 97. Records up to 2026-09-09.
- 2026-07-29 Territorial scope of the amended EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation concerning Morocco’s participation in PRIMA (E-10-2026-003166)
- 2026-07-15 Commission’s ‘anti-racism’ strategy: towards a presumption that European societies are racist? (E-10-2026-002952)
- 2026-07-14 Transparency and subsidiarity safeguards for LGBTIQ-related funding under AgoraEU and CERV+ (E-10-2026-002903)
- 2026-06-22 Personal protective equipment (PPE) for emergency service workers (E-10-2026-002552)
- 2026-06-09 Application of tachograph rules in short-haul delivery transport and penalties for human error in record-keeping (E-10-2026-002378)
- 2026-05-31 Unacceptable raising of the LGBTQI flag on the Commission building (E-10-2026-002196)
- 2026-05-19 Promoting the development and deployment of small modular reactors in the EU (E-10-2026-002068)
- 2026-05-08 Export of alumina from a Member State entering the Russian military supply chain (E-10-2026-001908)
- 2026-05-07 EU-Mercosur agreement: exposure of the European market to the JBS Group and the risks of geoeconomic dependence in agricultural supply chains (E-10-2026-001890)
- 2026-05-07 Interpretation of Annex V (Row 1) to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation on grouped packaging and impact on supply chains (E-10-2026-001896)
- 2026-05-06 EU enterprise losing a EUR 320 million EU-funded public transport contract in Dakar to a Chinese state-backed company (E-10-2026-001868)
- 2026-04-30 Systemic shortcomings in food safety controls and imports in the EU (E-10-2026-001772)
- 2026-04-27 Digital gambling advertising (E-10-2026-001710)
- 2026-04-21 Turkish occupation forces escalate tensions in Cyprus (P-10-2026-001626)
- 2026-04-16 Respecting fundamental rights in Algeria and applying Article 2 of the EU-Algeria Association Agreement (E-10-2026-001562)
- 2026-04-16 Antifa=Terrorists: zero tolerance for political violence in Europe (E-10-2026-001569)
- 2026-04-15 Application of EU sanctions against a Russian propaganda event in a Member State (E-10-2026-001552)
- 2026-04-14 Re-examination of EU humanitarian funding to the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon (E-10-2026-001502)
- 2026-04-09 Repression of human rights advocates and politically motivated prosecutions in Vietnam (E-10-2026-001447)
- 2026-04-08 De facto mandatory nature of the codes of conduct on disinformation and hate speech (E-10-2026-001432)
Questions for oral answer
All 4, 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)
- 2026-02-26 Inclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood on the EU list of terrorist organisations (O-10-2026-000009)
- 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 188. Records up to 2026-09-11.
- 2026-07-08 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan
- 2026-07-08 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacre
- 2026-07-08 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan
- 2026-07-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan (B-10-2026-0351)
- 2026-07-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacre (B-10-2026-0356)
- 2026-07-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Threat of War Crimes, the Escalating Violations of International Humanitarian Law and the Human Rights Situation in El-Obeid, Sudan (B-10-2026-0363)
- 2026-06-17 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on political prisoners in Nicaragua – the cases of Carlos Brenes, Salvadora del Socorro Martínez Aburto and Brooklyn Rivera
- 2026-06-17 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso
- 2026-06-17 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich
- 2026-06-17 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso (B-10-2026-0329)
- 2026-06-16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba
- 2026-06-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich (B-10-2026-0327)
- 2026-06-15 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (B-10-2026-0308)
- 2026-06-15 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Political prisoners in Nicaragua - the cases of Carlos Brenes, Salvadora del Socorro Martínez Aburto and Brooklyn Rivera (B-10-2026-0317)
- 2026-06-15 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso (B-10-2026-0322)
- 2026-06-12 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (B-10-2026-0291)
- 2026-05-20 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran
- 2026-05-20 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts
- 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-10-2026-0258)
- 2026-05-18 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of human rights and environmental defenders Andrie Yunus and Muhammad Rosidi in Indonesia (B-10-2026-0264)
Individual motions for resolutions
All 11, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.
- 2026-06-03 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the quality and timeliness of the European Commission’s replies to Members’ written questions (B-10-2026-0271)
- 2026-04-22 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on protecting places of worship in the EU from foreign political interference and state-linked influence operations (B-10-2026-0187)
- 2026-03-03 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on halting the expansion of mosques and Islamic centres in the EU (B-10-2026-0154)
- 2025-11-27 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on banning all application and enforcement of Sharia law in the EU (B-10-2025-0553)
- 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)
- 2025-02-11 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on implementing a mass return strategy to expel illegal migrants (B-10-2025-0137)
- 2025-02-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on safeguarding the right to freedom of speech online (B-10-2025-0099)
- 2024-12-16 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on restricting the ability of passenger and cargo traffic to enter European Union airspace from Russia (B-10-2024-0220)
- 2024-11-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION condemning António Guterres’s visit to the 16th BRICS Summit, hosted by Russia (B-10-2024-0167)
- 2024-10-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on enabling Member States to opt-out of EU migration policy (B-10-2024-0119)
Written explanations of vote
20 of 24, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.
- Amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
- Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme
- Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals
- Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression
- Energy-intensive industries
- Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova
- Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European Parliament
- EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia
- European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025
- European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025
- European Social Fund Plus post-2027
- Guidelines for the 2026 budget - Section III
- Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024
- Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024
- Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024
- Macro-financial assistance to Egypt
- Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus
- Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029)
- Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
- Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025
Comparison with group and country means
Counts of Sebastian TYNKKYNEN set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European Conservatives and Reformists group and of the Members from Finland. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.
| Activity | Count | EP mean | ECR mean | Finland mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendments | 2590 | 811.1 (higher) | 780.9 (higher) | 956.4 (higher) |
| Speeches | 370 | 44.4 (higher) | 49.4 (higher) | 57.0 (higher) |
| Reports (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.8 (lower) | 0.6 (lower) | 0.6 (lower) |
| Reports (Shadow) | 3 | 3.8 (lower) | 4.7 (lower) | 6.3 (lower) |
| Questions | 102 | 39.7 (higher) | 47.0 (higher) | 35.4 (higher) |
| Motions | 189 | 19.6 (higher) | 39.4 (higher) | 30.8 (higher) |
| Opinions (Rapporteur) | 0 | 0.6 (lower) | 0.4 (lower) | 0.8 (lower) |
| Opinions (Shadow) | 4 | 2.7 (higher) | 3.6 (higher) | 5.2 (lower) |
| Explanations of Vote | 24 | 43.0 (lower) | 35.5 (lower) | 6.4 (higher) |
| Vote Participation | 85.8% | 86.3% (lower) | 88.0% (lower) | 85.6% (higher) |
Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.