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Parliamentary committee

Security and Defence (SEDE)

The Security and Defence committee (SEDE) has 43 members on this site's record; across the 2016–2026 full record for current members, 611 declared lobby meetings are tagged to its dossiers. (As of 7 November 2026.)

Members and their declared meetings

Member cards use current-term meeting totals across all subjects; the committee figure above uses the full-record set of meetings tagged to this committee's dossiers.

RenewNathalie LoiseauFrance · Horizons263meetings20%linkedGreens/EFAHannah NeumannGermany · Bündnis 90/Die Grünen250meetings17%linkedEPPWouter BekeBelgium · Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams240meetings41%linkedEPPPekka ToveriFinland · Kansallinen Kokoomus221meetings44%linkedGreens/EFAReinier van LanschotNetherlands · Volt161meetings34%linkedECRElena DonazzanItaly · FRATELLI D' ITALIA150meetings62%linkedThe LeftMerja KyllönenFinland · Vasemmistoliitto148meetings17%linkedEPPAlice Teodorescu MåweSweden · Kristdemokraterna115meetings49%linkedS&DRaphaël GlucksmannFrance · Place publique114meetings77%linkedECRAlexandr VondraCzechia · Občanská demokratická strana102meetings74%linkedRenewLucia YarSlovakia · Progresívne Slovensko97meetings32%linkedRenewMarie-Agnes Strack-ZimmermannGermany · Freie Demokratische Partei92meetings28%linkedEPPNicolás Pascual de la ParteSpain · Partido Popular86meetings70%linkedS&DJavi LópezSpain · Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC-PSOE)84meetings16%linkedECRMichał DworczykPoland · Prawo i Sprawiedliwość79meetings19%linkedEPPAndrey NovakovBulgaria · Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria77meetings47%linkedEPPNiclas HerbstGermany · Christlich Demokratische Union DeutschlandsSloppy71meetings25%linkedECRReinis PozņaksLatvia · Apvienotais saraksts - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija69meetings46%linkedThe LeftMarc BotengaBelgium · PVDA-PTB63meetings20%linkedS&DTobias CremerGermany · Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands59meetings79%linkedRenewPetras AuštrevičiusLithuania · Liberalų sąjūdis55meetings30%linkedNon-attachedMichael von der SchulenburgGermany · Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft51meetings0%linkedS&DAna Catarina MendesPortugal · Partido Socialista45meetings60%linkedEPPSalvatore de MeoItaly · Forza Italia44meetings52%linkedECRAlberico GambinoItaly · FRATELLI D' ITALIA43meetings7%linkedGreens/EFAMārtiņš StaķisLatvia · Progresīvie41meetings46%linkedS&DElio di RupoBelgium · Parti Socialiste38meetings21%linkedRenewMarjan ŠarecSlovenia · Gibanje Svoboda33meetings14%linkedEPPRiho TerrasEstonia · Isamaa30meetings56%linkedEPPChristophe GomartFrance · Les Républicains24meetings69%linkedPfEPierre-Romain ThionnetFrance · Rassemblement national24meetings23%linkedThe LeftÖzlem DemirelGermany · DIE LINKE.Sloppy21meetings29%linkedPfEGyörgy HölvényiHungary · Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt13meetings17%linkedPfERachel BlomNetherlands · Partij voor de Vrijheid12meetings86%linkedPfEJaroslava Pokorná JermanováCzechia · ANO 20117meetings13%linkedNon-attachedKostas PapadakisGreece · Communist Party of Greece5meetings0%linkedS&DSven MikserEstonia · Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond5meetings9%linkedS&DCostas MavridesCyprus · Democratic Party3meetings0%linkedEPPMichał SzczerbaPoland · Koalicja Obywatelska3meetings80%linkedS&DMihai TudoseRomania · Partidul Social Democrat2meetings100%linkedPfEPetra StegerAustria · Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs1meeting0%linkedESNHans NeuhoffGermany · Alternative für DeutschlandBlack box0meetings–linkedEPPVangelis MeimarakisGreece · Nea DemokratiaBlack box0meetings–linked

Two labels can appear on these cards: black box for members seated at least two years with no lobby meeting on record at all, and sloppy for members who leave out the Register ID in at least 40% of the entries where they name an organisation that is in the Transparency Register (on 10 such entries or more, and at least 5 left out). Neither is a finding of a rule breach - how both are counted.