As of 22 Oct 2026, Jussi SARAMO is a Finland MEP in The Left in the European Parliament (The Left); WheresMyMEP records 99.4% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 14 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €10,446–€11,491/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).
Cite this: WheresMyMEP, data as of 22 Oct 2026, source European Parliament
Left · Finland
Vasemmistoliitto (Left Alliance)
Credited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated
Every plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works
Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026
Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Jussi SARAMO voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.
Different from The Left majority
24.9% (46 of 185)
The The Left average on the same method is 14.8%. Counted only when Jussi SARAMO cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.
Different from national-party majority
0.0% (0 of 180)
Vasemmistoliitto (Left Alliance) · 3 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.
Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)
Jussi SARAMO voted Abstain; 90% of voting The Left members (36 of 40) voted For.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)
Jussi SARAMO voted Abstain; 90% of voting The Left members (36 of 40) voted For.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation
Jussi SARAMO voted For; 89% of voting The Left members (32 of 36) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections
Jussi SARAMO voted Abstain; 89% of voting The Left members (39 of 44) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
Jussi SARAMO voted Abstain; 88% of voting The Left members (37 of 42) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)
Jussi SARAMO voted Abstain; 88% of voting The Left members (35 of 40) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗2025 Commission report on Albania
Jussi SARAMO voted For; 86% of voting The Left members (37 of 43) voted Abstain.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)
Jussi SARAMO voted For; 86% of voting The Left members (36 of 42) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often
Computed from Jussi SARAMO’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.
90% accurate on 5,744 held-out votes
EU agri-food promotion policy
2026-11-12 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 68% of 118 agriculture votes
Exemption of certain N2 electric vehicles from the requirement to install and use a speed limitation device (Omnibus IX on automotive)
2026-11-24 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 57% of 289 transport votes
Speeding-up environmental assessments (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)
2026-11-24 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 61% of 618 climate votes
EU-Pakistan Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV
2026-06-17
voted For in 44% of 9 trade votes · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes
Files in the 2024–2029 term where Jussi SARAMO was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.
Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.
Mobile satellite services: selection and authorisation of systems using the harmonised 2 GHz frequency band
2026/0134(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Sep 2026
Competitiveness of the banking sector in the European Union
2026/2112(INI) ↗ · appointed 22 Sep 2026
Digital networks, amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2120, Directive 2002/58/EC and Decision No 676/2002/EC and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1971, Directive (EU) 2018/1972 and Decision No 243/2012/EU (Digital Networks Act)
2026/0013(COD) ↗ · appointed 2 Mar 2026
VAT reverse-charge mechanism
2025/2261(INI) ↗ · appointed 6 Feb 2026
Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their competition laws
2025/0111(NLE) ↗ · appointed 30 Jan 2026
Global role of the euro
2025/2249(INI) ↗ · appointed 27 Jan 2026
The EU’s approach to corporate tax policy in a changing international environment
2025/2210(INI) ↗ · appointed 23 Dec 2025
Competition policy – annual report 2025
2025/2134(INI) ↗ · appointed 18 Dec 2025
Banking Union – annual report 2025
2025/2136(INI) ↗ · appointed 3 Dec 2025
System of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053
2025/0574(CNS) ↗ · appointed 25 Nov 2025
Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union’s financial system
2025/2208(INI) ↗ · appointed 10 Nov 2025
Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness
2025/2211(INI) ↗ · appointed 13 Oct 2025
European Central Bank – annual report 2025
2025/2182(INI) ↗ · appointed 1 Oct 2025
Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures
2025/0130(COD) ↗ · appointed 29 Sep 2025
Collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank
2025/0806(CNS) ↗ · appointed 25 Sep 2025
Amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry
2025/0176(COD) ↗ · appointed 25 Sep 2025
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
2025/0131(COD) ↗ · appointed 25 Sep 2025
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
2025/0103(COD) ↗ · appointed 2 Jun 2025
Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions as regards requirements for securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratio
2025/0077(COD) ↗ · appointed 22 Apr 2025
Non-financial commercial real estate statistics
2025/0052(COD) ↗ · appointed 22 Apr 2025
Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 as regards a shorter settlement cycle in the Union
2025/0022(COD) ↗ · appointed 27 Mar 2025
European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure
2025/2007(INI) ↗ · appointed 16 Dec 2024
Renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine
2024/0240(NLE) ↗ · appointed 16 Dec 2024
The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness
2024/2118(INI) ↗ · appointed 21 Nov 2024
A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector
2024/2117(INI) ↗ · appointed 21 Nov 2024
Facilitating the financing of investments and reforms to boost European competitiveness and creating a Capital Markets Union (Draghi Report)
2024/2116(INI) ↗ · appointed 19 Nov 2024
Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation
2024/0276(CNS) ↗ · appointed 19 Nov 2024
Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility
2024/2085(INI) ↗ · appointed 25 Oct 2024
Payment services in the internal market and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
2023/0210(COD) ↗ · appointed 21 Oct 2024
European Central Bank – annual report 2024
2024/2054(INI) ↗ · appointed 19 Sep 2024
Amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards the electronic value added tax exemption certificate
2024/0152(CNS) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024
Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements
2023/0379(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024
Amending Regulations (EU) No 1092/2010, (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010 and (EU) 2021/523 as regards certain reporting requirements in the fields of financial services and investment support
2023/0363(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024
Payment services and electronic money services in the Internal Market amending Directive 98/26/EC and repealing Directives 2015/2366/EU and 2009/110/EC
2023/0209(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024
Framework for Financial Data Access and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010 and (EU) 2022/2554
2023/0205(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024
Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes
2023/0187(CNS) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024
Amending Directives (EU) 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC, 2011/61/EU, 2014/65/EU and (EU) 2016/97 as regards the Union retail investor protection rules
2023/0167(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024
Amending Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as regards the modernisation of the key information document
2023/0166(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024
Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures
2025/0419(COD) ↗ · appointed 25 May 2026
Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund
2025/0418(COD) ↗ · appointed 25 May 2026
Conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation
2025/0162(NLE) ↗ · appointed 3 Dec 2025
EU Emissions Trading System and market stability reserve: competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation
2026/0212(COD) ↗ · appointed 25 Nov 2025
Adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America
2025/0261(COD) ↗ · appointed 25 Nov 2025
Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods
2025/0260(COD) ↗ · appointed 25 Nov 2025
Amending Regulations (EU) 2015/1017, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695 and (EU) 2021/1153 as regards increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under Regulation (EU) 2021/523 and simplifying reporting requirements
2025/0040(COD) ↗ · appointed 24 Apr 2025
Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
2024/2108(INI) ↗ · appointed 12 Dec 2024
Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
2022/0408(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 2024
Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 31 Oct 2026 · How we compile this
Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP
Estimated outside income
€10,446–11,491/year
Based on declared income bands
4 declared activities
0 board memberships
Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026
View original declaration on europarl.europa.eu →Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)
These lists link to declarations Jussi SARAMO made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.
No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Jussi SARAMO's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.
No entries for this MEP in the Parliament's register of gifts ↗ for this term.
Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed
Most recent meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.
Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.
3 meetings on 2 files
These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.
Source: European Parliament meeting declarations · EU Transparency Register · HowTheyVote.eu / EP roll-call · EP Open Data Portal (roles) · How we match meetings to files
Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)
Written 32 · Priority 1 · 32 co-authored
Not in this count: 4 oral questions
Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 31 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 26 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted
Jussi Saramo represents Finland in the European Parliament as a member of The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL), the chamber's left-wing and socialist political group, and belongs to Finland's Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto). Before joining the European Parliament in July 2024, he was a Member of the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) for the Electoral District of Uusimaa from April 2019 to July 2024, and chaired the Left Alliance parliamentary group from August 2021 to July 2024. He served as Finland's Minister of Education in the Marin government from 17 December 2020 to 29 June 2021. In local government, he has been a member of Vantaa City Council since 2008, having previously sat on Porvoo City Council from 2000 to 2007.
Summary grounded in cited sources
View official profile on europarl.europa.eu →Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.
Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →