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As of 22 Oct 2026, Assita KANKO is a Belgium MEP in European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR); WheresMyMEP records 84.2% roll-call attendance, 239 notable vote records, 0 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €12,600–€13,860/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Assita KANKO

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ECR · Belgium

Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (New Flemish Alliance)

84.2% attendance
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84.2%
Attendance · last 180 days
#532 of 717 on the leaderboard
1825
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

Assita KANKO monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510099.5%64.2%67.1%82.5%65.3%97.7%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

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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 Assita KANKO voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from ECR majority

23.4% (49 of 209)

The ECR average on the same method is 16.6%. Counted only when Assita KANKO cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

1.0% (2 of 208)

Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (New Flemish Alliance) · 3 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
30 Apr 2026

Banking Union – annual report 2025

Assita KANKO voted Abstain; 96% of voting ECR members (69 of 72) voted Against.

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

Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council

Assita KANKO voted Abstain; 95% of voting ECR members (72 of 76) voted Against.

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

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot

Assita KANKO voted Against; 94% of voting ECR members (60 of 64) voted For.

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

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot

Assita KANKO voted Against; 93% of voting ECR members (57 of 61) voted For.

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

Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)

Assita KANKO voted For; 93% of voting ECR members (71 of 76) voted Against.

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

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3), and (4)(c): Lead in certain fishing tackle

Assita KANKO voted Against; 93% of voting ECR members (71 of 76) voted For.

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

Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions

Assita KANKO voted Abstain; 93% of voting ECR members (70 of 75) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
30 Apr 2026

How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?

Assita KANKO voted Abstain; 93% of voting ECR members (68 of 73) voted For.

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

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 Assita KANKO’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 Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) voted For in 61% of 367 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) voted For in 64% of 831 digital votes

For likely

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

2026-11-12 · European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) voted For in 58% of 609 defence votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • budgetAbstain 60% of 15
  • climateFor 54% of 13
  • tradeFor 73% of 11
  • employmentFor 82% of 11
  • foreignFor 90% of 10
  • rule of lawFor 60% of 10
  • digitalFor 89% of 9
  • transportFor 88% of 8
  • defenceFor 75% of 8
  • economyFor 63% of 8
  • fisheriesFor 86% of 7
  • agricultureFor 40% of 5
  • healthFor 50% of 4
  • justiceFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 100% of 3
  • institutionalFor 100% of 3

Votes Assita missed, how they would likely have voted

Economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability

2026-10-06

For · 95%

83% of 77 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted For · voted For in 63% of 8 economy votes · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes

Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

2026-09-17

Against · 65%

92% of 60 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 50% of 4 health votes · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes

The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders

2026-09-17

For · 95%

100% of 69 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted For · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes

Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers

2026-09-17

For · 95%

100% of 72 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted For · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up

2026-09-17

For · 95%

72% of 74 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted For · voted For in 86% of 7 fisheries votes · voted For in 50% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Assita KANKO 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 · 2

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

  • Establishing the Union support for internal security for the period from 2028 to 2034

    2025/0542(COD) ↗ · LIBE · appointed 26 Jan 2026

  • Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System

    2024/0315(COD) ↗ · LIBE · appointed 27 Jan 2025

Shadow rapporteur · 23

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

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

    2026/2057(INI) ↗ · appointed 13 Jul 2026

  • Chemical submission: addressing its consequences on women's rights and safety in the EU

    2026/2056(INI) ↗ · appointed 9 Jul 2026

  • New Eurojust Regulation

    2026/0164(COD) ↗ · appointed 9 Jul 2026

  • Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime

    2025/0343(NLE) ↗ · appointed 2 Jun 2026

  • Measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries

    2023/0441(CNS) ↗ · appointed 21 Mar 2026

  • Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peace

    2025/2216(INI) ↗ · appointed 13 Mar 2026

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application

    2025/0429(COD) ↗ · appointed 13 Mar 2026

  • 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) ↗ · appointed 23 Jan 2026

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  • Establishing the Justice programme for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/693

    2025/0255(COD) ↗ · appointed 15 Jan 2026

  • Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation

    2025/2073(INI) ↗ · appointed 7 Nov 2025

  • Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025

    2025/2135(INI) ↗ · appointed 12 Sep 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 12 Sep 2025

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the application of the ‘safe third country’ concept

    2025/0132(COD) ↗ · appointed 24 Jul 2025

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 as regards the extension of the timeframe for the establishment of the Eurojust case management system

    2025/0074(COD) ↗ · appointed 24 Jun 2025

  • Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

    2025/2040(INI) ↗ · appointed 13 Mar 2025

  • Issuance of and technical standards for digital travel credentials based on identity cards

    2024/0248(CNS) ↗ · appointed 29 Nov 2024

  • Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data

    2024/0051(NLE) ↗ · appointed 29 Nov 2024

  • Establishing an EU talent pool

    2023/0404(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Nov 2024

  • Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement

    2024/0187(CNS) ↗ · appointed 26 Oct 2024

  • Information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union

    2022/0084(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Sep 2024

  • Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes

    2025/0231(NLE) ↗ · appointed 11 Sep 2024

  • Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)

    2024/0035(COD) ↗ · appointed 11 Sep 2024

  • Amending Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA

    2023/0250(COD) ↗ · appointed 4 Sep 2024

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part

    2026/0058(NLE) ↗ · appointed 24 Sep 2026

  • Guidelines for the 2027 Budget - Section III

    2025/2246(BUI) ↗ · appointed 15 Jan 2026

  • General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections

    2025/0210(BUD) ↗ · appointed 5 Jun 2025

  • Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum

    2025/2014(INI) ↗ · appointed 26 Mar 2025

  • General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 - all sections

    2024/0176(BUD) ↗ · appointed 29 Aug 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 24 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

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

Estimated outside income

€12,600–13,860/year

Based on declared income bands

1 declared activity

0 board memberships

De Telegraaf / Author- Columnist - De Telegraaf€12,600/yearOther

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 Assita KANKO 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 Assita KANKO'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

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

No lobby meetings recorded for Assita KANKO on the EU Transparency Register.

Parliamentary questions

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

EP · open data · updated daily
18written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 12 · Priority 6 · 13 co-authored

Not in this count: 1 oral question

Latest 10

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  • 12 Nov 2024The Commission’s plans to include the revision of the outstanding proposals on animal welfare in its work plan for 2025Oral question O-000014/2024To the Commissionco-authored with 37Question ↗PDF ↗

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 Assita KANKO

Assita Kanko is a Member of the European Parliament for Belgium, belonging to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the right-wing Eurosceptic group, and to the national party Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie. Kanko has served in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029) since 16 July 2024, holding the position of European Conservatives and Reformists Group - Vice-Chair. Previously, Kanko was a Member in the 9th parliamentary term, from 2 July 2019 to 15 July 2024, and held the same European Conservatives and Reformists Group - Vice-Chair position during that period.

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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 →