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As of 22 Oct 2026, Arba KOKALARI is a Sweden MEP in European People’s Party (EPP); WheresMyMEP records 99.3% roll-call attendance, 239 notable vote records, 20 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €0–€0/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Arba KOKALARI

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EPP · Sweden

Moderaterna (Moderate Party)

99.3% attendance
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99.3%
Attendance · last 180 days
#74 of 717 on the leaderboard
2151
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Attendance by month

EP · roll-call · last 180 days

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

Arba KOKALARI monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510099.5%98.0%100.0%99.3%99.7%98.8%Apr ’26May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Sept ’26Oct ’26

Missed votes by sitting

EP · attendance register · last 180 days

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

Voting Record

Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026

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22 Oct 2026Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Bla…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AbstainADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
21 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modif…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED

Voting against the party line

Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Arba KOKALARI voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from European People’s Party (EPP) majority

6.3% (15 of 239)

The European People’s Party (EPP) average on the same method is 5.0%. Counted only when Arba KOKALARI cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

0.0% (0 of 239)

Moderaterna (Moderate Party) · 4 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
15 Sept 2026

Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee

Arba KOKALARI voted Against; 96% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (166 of 173) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
28 Apr 2026

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement

Arba KOKALARI voted Against; 96% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (158 of 165) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
22 Oct 2026

Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation

Arba KOKALARI voted Abstain; 94% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (133 of 142) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
21 Oct 2026

Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

Arba KOKALARI voted Against; 92% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (157 of 170) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
17 Sept 2026

An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector

Arba KOKALARI voted Against; 92% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (144 of 156) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
8 Jul 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets

Arba KOKALARI voted Against; 92% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (158 of 172) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
28 Apr 2026

Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034

Arba KOKALARI voted Against; 87% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (142 of 163) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
17 Jun 2026

General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products

Arba KOKALARI voted Against; 85% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (143 of 169) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against

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

Vote predictions

Vote model

Computed from Arba KOKALARI’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

90% accurate on 5,752 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

EU agri-food promotion policy

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 76% of 740 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 98% of 1813 digital votes

For likely

From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 62% of 1381 defence votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateFor 88% of 16
  • budgetFor 100% of 15
  • foreignFor 100% of 12
  • tradeFor 92% of 12
  • digitalFor 100% of 11
  • economyFor 100% of 11
  • employmentFor 82% of 11
  • transportFor 90% of 10
  • rule of lawFor 100% of 10
  • fisheriesFor 88% of 8
  • defenceFor 63% of 8
  • healthAgainst 67% of 6
  • agricultureFor 80% of 5
  • migrationFor 75% of 4
  • justiceFor 100% of 4
  • institutionalFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 67% of 3

Arba KOKALARI has cast every notable vote in the current dataset, nothing to predict.

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Arba KOKALARI was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.

Rapporteur · 3

Writes the lead committee's report. Legislative files first, then own-initiative reports.

  • Amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)

    2025/0359(COD) ↗ · IMCO · appointed 21 Jan 2026

    Voted for on this file · 16 Jun 2026

  • Digital and AI opportunities, challenges for gender equality and gender-based violence including AI-generated contents

    2026/2057(INI) ↗ · FEMM · appointed 7 Jul 2026

  • Impact of artificial intelligence on the financial sector

    2025/2056(INI) ↗ · ECON · appointed 12 Dec 2024

Shadow rapporteur · 4

Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.

  • Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

    2025/2040(INI) ↗ · appointed 5 May 2025

  • Statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013

    2023/0008(COD) ↗ · appointed 15 Oct 2024

  • Amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive

    2023/0435(COD) ↗ · appointed 27 Sep 2024

  • Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

    2023/0085(COD) ↗ · appointed 13 Sep 2024

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • Establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034

    2025/0239(COD) ↗ · appointed 24 Mar 2026

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 24 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP

Estimated outside income

€0–0/year

Based on declared income bands

0 declared activities

1 board membership

Member, Moderaterna i utlandetUnpaidBoard

Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026

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Events and gifts declared to the Parliament

Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · self-declared · weekly

These lists link to declarations Arba KOKALARI 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.

Events paid for by third parties (self-declared)

No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Arba KOKALARI's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

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

Recent Lobby Meetings

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.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
15 Oct 2026AlmegaEmployment and Social Affairs · Member
14 Oct 2026Internet Watch FoundationGender equality and digital policy · Rapporteur ·2026/2057(INI)
13 Oct 2026German Insurance Association (GDV)AI in Finance · Member
13 Oct 2026Essity Aktiebolag (publ)Public Procurement · Member
12 Oct 2026World Economic ForumCompetitiveness and Financial Markets Legislation · Member
12 Oct 2026The Brussels Office of the Swedish Trade UnionsEmployment and Social Affairs · Member
29 Sept 2026Confederation of Swedish EnterpriseDigital policy · Member
28 Sept 2026Pink ProgrammingDigital and Gender Equality Policies · Rapporteur ·2026/2057(INI)
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Meetings on legislative files

Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.

Self-declared · last 6 months

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

Parliamentary questions

Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · open data · updated daily
10written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 10 · Priority 0 · 6 co-authored

Latest 10

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 24 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 20 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

About Arba KOKALARI

Arba Kokalari is a Member of the European Parliament for Sweden, belonging to the European People’s Party (EPP), the centre-right group, and to the national party Moderaterna. Kokalari has been an MEP in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029) since 16 July 2024. Before that, Kokalari served in the 9th parliamentary term, from 2 July 2019 to 15 July 2024.

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Summary grounded in cited sources

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Methodology

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 →