Portrait of Auke Zijlstra
Member profile · European Parliament

Auke Zijlstra

Patriots for Europe GroupPartij voor de Vrijheid
Member state
Netherlands
Place of birth
Haskerland
Member of the EP since
2011
Committee
Committee on Budgets · Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee · Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Substitute committee
Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
Voting record · 10th term
550
Final votes
roll-call recorded
97.6%
Turnout
537 of 550 voted
1
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
25.5%
Dissent rate
137 of 537 votes
PfE
Closest group
74% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Zijlstra voted in the 550 recorded final votes.

For: 195Abstention: 85Against: 257Did not vote: 1397.6%Turnout
For19535.5%
Abstention8515.5%
Against25746.7%
Did not vote132.4%

Closeness to the groups

Share of votes in which Zijlstra voted with the majority of the respective group. Most often aligned with Patriots for Europe.

0255075100PfEPatriots for Europe: 74.5 %74.5 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 71.7 %71.7 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 48.6 %48.6 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 36.3 %36.3 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 31.3 %31.3 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 30.9 %30.9 %RenewRenew Europe: 30.7 %30.7 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 27.2 %27.2 %

Joint approval

Of Zijlstra's votes in favour, the share where the respective group majority also voted in favour — constructive agreement, excluding joint opposition. Most often jointly in favour with European Conservatives and Reformists.

0255075100ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 96.4 %96.4 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 92.3 %92.3 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 82.1 %82.1 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 80.5 %80.5 %RenewRenew Europe: 80.0 %80.0 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 66.2 %66.2 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 65.6 %65.6 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 52.8 %52.8 %

On the winning side

How often Zijlstra’s vote matches the outcome — For on adopted, Against on rejected files. Abstentions count for neither side.

43.4% on the winning side196 of 452 votes
Votes For → file adopted 185 / 195 · 95 %
Votes Against → file rejected 11 / 257 · 4 %

Turnout & behaviour over time

One column per session week, height = number of votes, segments by position (For · Abstention · Against · did not vote).

Juli · Straßburg · 16.07. – 19.07. · 1 votes · 100% Turnout2024September · Straßburg · 16.09. – 19.09. · 8 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 07.10. – 10.10. · 3 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 21.10. – 24.10. · 9 votes · 0% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 13.11. – 14.11. · 4 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember III · Straßburg · 25.11. – 28.11. · 19 votes · 100% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 16 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 20.01. – 23.01. · 6 votes · 100% Turnout2025Februar · Straßburg · 10.02. – 13.02. · 9 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 10.03. – 13.03. · 13 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz II · Straßburg · 31.03. – 03.04. · 18 votes · 100% TurnoutMai I · Straßburg · 05.05. – 08.05. · 32 votes · 100% TurnoutMai II · Brüssel · 21.05. – 22.05. · 6 votes · 100% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 16.06. – 19.06. · 20 votes · 95% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 27 votes · 100% TurnoutSeptember · Straßburg · 08.09. – 11.09. · 29 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 06.10. – 09.10. · 24 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 20.10. – 23.10. · 17 votes · 94% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 12.11. – 13.11. · 12 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember II · Straßburg · 24.11. – 27.11. · 34 votes · 100% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 15.12. – 18.12. · 25 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 19.01. – 22.01. · 20 votes · 95% Turnout2026Februar I · Straßburg · 09.02. – 12.02. · 26 votes · 100% TurnoutFebruar II · Brüssel · 24.02. · 1 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 09.03. – 12.03. · 27 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz II · Brüssel · 25.03. – 26.03. · 12 votes · 100% TurnoutApril · Straßburg · 27.04. – 30.04. · 49 votes · 100% TurnoutMai · Straßburg · 18.05. – 21.05. · 21 votes · 100% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 15.06. – 18.06. · 33 votes · 97% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 06.07. – 09.07. · 29 votes · 100% Turnout
Plenary speeches
5
Speeches
of which 0 procedural
7
Speaking time (min)
avg. 1.4 min per speech
694
Rank (speeches)
of 738 Members

Language spoken: Dutch (5)

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