Rihards KOLS
ECR Latvia AFETINTAITRE Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 4 Jun 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 4 Jun 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
36
meetings published this term · rank 437 of 718
2
held as shadow rapporteur
31
distinct organisations met
47%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
17 Jul 2024 – 2 Mar 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
1 of 12
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (8.3%) · rank 357 of 628
2
meetings declared in shadow-rapporteur capacity
Lower-confidence figures. Matching is by procedure code only — meetings declared without a code will not match, and a low figure may simply mean no lobby meetings took place on those files.
| Procedure | Title | Committee | Role | Appointed | Related meeting on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/0148(COD) | Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States | INTA+ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 18 Nov 2024 | none matched |
| 2024/0234(COD) | Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 30 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2025/0039(COD) | Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism | ENVI | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 30 Apr 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0056(COD) | Suspending certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the European Union | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 19 Mar 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0180(COD) | Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 | INTA+ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 14 Jul 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/0227(COD) | Establishing Global Europe | AFET+DEVE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 19 Jan 2026 | none matched |
| 2025/0358(COD) | Establishment of European Business Wallets | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 30 Mar 2026 | none matched |
| 2025/0419(COD) | Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures | ENVI | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 4 Mar 2026 | none matched |
| 2025/0555(COD) | Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 4 Dec 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0571(APP) | Laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2028 to 2034 | BUDG | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 17 Nov 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2112(INI) | Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade | INTA | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 14 Apr 2026 | none matched |
| 2026/2037(INI) | Situation of international law and the risks to multilateralism, democracy and the European Union | AFET | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 11 May 2026 | none matched |
Declared meetings (36)
Every row comes from the Parliament’s official meetings search; verify any entry on the MEP’s official meetings page ↗.
| Date | Capacity | Subject | Procedure | Organisation(s) | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Mar 2026 | Member | RePower EU | — | Razom We Stand | registered ↗ |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Member | RePower EU | — | TotalEnergies SE | registered ↗ |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | US Mission | not in register |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union | registered ↗ |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Member | Steel safeguards | — | The European Steel Association | registered ↗ |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | Mission of Israel | not in register |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia | not in register |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | Taipei Representative Office | not in register |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | RePower EU | 2025/0180(COD) | Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU | not in register |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Member | EU Special Olimpics event | — | Latvijas Speciālā Olimpiāde | not in register |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | Embassy of Azarbaijan | not in register |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | RePower EU | 2025/0180(COD) | Razom We Stand | registered ↗ |
| 17 Sep 2025 | Member | International Trade / WTO | — | Canola Council of Canada | not in register |
| 3 Sep 2025 | Rapporteur | Security & Defence | 2025/0103(COD) | Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS | registered ↗ |
| 2 Sep 2025 | Rapporteur | Security & Defence | 2025/0103(COD) | Permanent Representation of Latvia to the EU | not in register |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | Assembly of the Cuban Resistance | not in register |
| 22 Apr 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | RUSI Europe | registered ↗ |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | FuelsEurope | registered ↗ |
| 4 Mar 2025 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | Serve the City | registered ↗ |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | Embassy of Azarbaijan | not in register |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | Taipei Representative Office | not in register |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | European Leadership Network | registered ↗ |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | European Initiative for Energy Security | not in register |
| 16 Jan 2025 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | Latvijas Darba devēju konfederācija | registered ↗ |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | Albanian Parliament | not in register |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Member | EU-US Relations | — | US Mission to the EU | not in register |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | AEI Europe | not in register |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Member | Foreign Affairs | — | European Leadership Network | registered ↗ |
| 3 Oct 2024 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | Embassy of Israel | not in register |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | UAE Embassy | not in register |
| 4 Sep 2024 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | European Coalition for Israel | registered ↗ |
| 27 Aug 2024 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt | not in register |
| 22 Aug 2024 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | Latvijas Darba devēju konfederācija | registered ↗ |
| 23 Jul 2024 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | Israel Allies Foundation Europe | registered ↗ |
| 23 Jul 2024 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | Le Conseil National de la Resistance Iranienne-Bruxelles | registered ↗ |
| 17 Jul 2024 | Member | Introductory Meeting | — | AJC Transatlantic Institute | registered ↗ |