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Thijs REUTEN

Netherlands Netherlands S&D – Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats GroenLinks-PvdA

Thijs REUTEN is a Member of the European Parliament from Netherlands, representing GroenLinks-PvdA in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Thijs has submitted 814 amendments, delivered 78 speeches, authored 2 reports as rapporteur and 6 as shadow rapporteur, asked 41 questions, and filed 30 motions. Vote participation stands at 97.3% (5766 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 814 811.1 +3 301st/743 16th/34 75th/138
Speeches 78 44.4 +34 56th/743 4th/34 12th/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 2 0.8 +1 64th/743 3rd/34 20th/138
Reports (Shadow) 6 3.8 +2 134th/743 9th/34 11th/138
Questions 41 39.7 +1 270th/743 12th/34 41st/138
Motions 30 19.6 +10 118th/743 5th/34 5th/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 1 0.6 +0 85th/743 5th/34 23rd/138
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 28th/34 91st/138
Explanations of Vote 7 43.0 -36 233rd/743 7th/34 53rd/138
Vote Participation 97.3% 86.3% – 104th/745 14th/34 16th/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

Member AFCO – Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Member AFET – Committee on Foreign Affairs
Substitute SEDE – Subcommittee on Security and Defence
Substitute LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Delegations

Substitute D-ME – Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
Substitute D-MD – Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee
Substitute D-UK – Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
Substitute D-AL – Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
Member D-RS – Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
Substitute D-TR – Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee
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Committees and delegations

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

Committees

  • Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 16 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 29 of 41 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 3 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE): Substitute, since 2025-01-23. Attended 23 of 34 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (D-AL): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee (D-MD): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (D-ME): Substitute, since 2024-11-27
  • Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (D-RS): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-TR): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (D-UK): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2025-12-12 A10-0265/2025 REPORT on the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025 (SEDE)
  • 2025-11-11 A10-0226/2025 REPORT on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (AFET, INTA)

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 6.

  • 2026-06-12 A10-0172/2026 REPORT on the 2025 Commission report on Ukraine (AFET)
  • 2026-06-09 A10-0162/2026 REPORT on the 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia (AFET)
  • 2025-07-24 A10-0154/2025 REPORT on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Ukraine (AFET)
  • 2025-06-27 A10-0118/2025 REPORT on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on North Macedonia (AFET)
  • 2025-06-12 A10-0109/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and on enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 (LIBE)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-08-07 SEDE_AD(2025)774466 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (SEDE)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2024/0061(COD): 103 amendments, latest 2025-03-31 (SEDE, ITRE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)
  • 2024/2080(INI): 100 amendments, latest 2024-11-08 (AFET)
    EP document title: REPORT on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy – 2024 annual report
  • 2025/2090(INI): 65 amendments, latest 2025-09-18 (SEDE, TRAN)
    EP document title: REPORT on military mobility
  • 2025/2026(INI): 62 amendments, latest 2025-06-05 (AFET)
    EP document title: REPORT on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Ukraine
  • 2025/2165(INI): 62 amendments, latest 2025-10-24 (SEDE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025

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 40. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 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)
  • 2026-06-18 Human trafficking and human rights violations through recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine (E-10-2026-002532)
  • 2026-06-17 Request that the Commission publish evidence pertaining to the non-activation of the Blocking Statute (E-10-2026-002520)
  • 2026-06-16 Visa ban for (ex-)combatants of armed forces implicated in serious violations (E-10-2026-002483)
  • 2026-04-27 Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia (E-10-2026-001705)
  • 2026-04-21 Customs practices related to products imported from illegal Israeli settlements in the OPTs (E-10-2026-001633)
  • 2026-03-31 Israeli death penalty bill targeting Palestinians (E-10-2026-001323)
  • 2026-03-26 Continued EU political and financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (P-10-2026-001277)
  • 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)
  • 2026-01-27 Important and special situation of the overseas countries and territories, including Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (E-10-2026-000313)
  • 2025-12-23 Follow-up request on activation of the blocking statute (E-10-2025-005056)
  • 2025-12-15 Extraterritorial sanctions leading to ‘debanking’ of EU citizens and officials of EU-supported institutions (E-10-2025-004941)
  • 2025-12-09 Participation of Israel in the Horizon Europe programme (E-10-2025-004869)
  • 2025-12-02 Forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank (E-10-2025-004769)
  • 2025-11-24 The use of Georgian refineries to evade EU sanctions on Russian oil exports (E-10-2025-004675)
  • 2025-11-21 EU action following the laying down of arms of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) (E-10-2025-004652)
  • 2025-11-19 Urgent need for a revision of the Pyrotechnics Directive (E-10-2025-004605)
  • 2025-10-13 Follow-up: protection of Hungarian citizens against biometric surveillance: follow-up of question for written answer E-002415/2025 (E-10-2025-004013)
  • 2025-10-13 Letter regarding the announcement by the Dutch Government to postpone the transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive to 2027 (E-10-2025-004018)
  • 2025-10-03 The unresolved situation of displaced people and prisoners of war from Nagorno-Karabakh after the peace deal (E-10-2025-003885)

Questions for oral answer

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

  • 2025-05-10 EU response to Israel’s planned illegal annexation and starvation of Gaza (O-10-2025-000015)

Motions for resolutions

Most recent 20 of 30. 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)
  • 2026-05-20 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran
  • 2026-05-18 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran (B-10-2026-0263)
  • 2026-04-28 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine
  • 2026-04-28 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on supporting democratic resilience in Armenia
  • 2026-04-27 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine (B-10-2026-0201)
  • 2026-04-24 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on supporting democratic resilience in Armenia (B-10-2026-0198)
  • 2026-02-12 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine
  • 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
  • 2026-02-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine (B-10-2026-0144)
  • 2026-02-09 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire (B-10-2026-0138)
  • 2025-11-25 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine
  • 2025-11-25 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (B-10-2025-0547)
  • 2025-10-21 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy
  • 2025-07-04 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians
  • 2025-07-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians (B-10-2025-0305)
  • 2025-05-07 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia
  • 2025-05-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia (B-10-2025-0250)
  • 2025-03-11 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression
  • 2025-03-07 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression (B-10-2025-0156)

Written explanations of vote

All 7, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application
  • Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges
  • Establishing an EU talent pool
  • EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)
  • Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
  • Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse
  • Temporary support and payment of advances regarding the increased fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisis

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Thijs REUTEN set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 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 meanS&D meanNetherlands mean
Amendments814811.1 (higher)980.6 (lower)778.6 (higher)
Speeches7844.4 (higher)47.4 (higher)39.2 (higher)
Reports (Rapporteur)20.8 (higher)1.1 (higher)0.7 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)63.8 (higher)2.7 (higher)5.0 (higher)
Questions4139.7 (higher)34.3 (higher)35.8 (higher)
Motions3019.6 (higher)8.2 (higher)19.1 (higher)
Opinions (Rapporteur)10.6 (higher)0.9 (higher)0.5 (higher)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)1.9 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Explanations of Vote743.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)2.9 (higher)
Vote Participation97.3%86.3% (higher)85.8% (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.