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Member of the European Parliament · Germany EPP

Andreas Schwab

MEP for Germany · European People's Party · Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Andreas Schwab (EPP, Germany) has declared 124 lobby meetings this term - rank 206 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 100 meetings per MEP, and it ranks 55 of 185 in the EPP group, a place shared with 1 other member.

89% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.

124
declared meetings
current term
174
records since 2016
full dataset
89%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
206/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 3 others
55/185
rank in EPP
tied with 1 other

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Compared with the averages

Andreas Schwab, this term
124
Parliament average
100
EPP average
108

Transparency this term

Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 2 declared meetings in Nov 2026, 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 12 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%012July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 12 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 5 declared meetingsApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 5 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 8 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 2 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%012July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 12 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 4 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 5 declared meetingsApril 2025: 6 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 6 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 2 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 2 declared meetingsApril 2026: 5 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 8 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 2 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%012202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 20241080%
Oct 202412100%
Nov 20244100%
Dec 20241288.2%
Jan 20254100%
Feb 20252100%
Mar 20255100%
Apr 20256100%
May 2025475%
Jun 2025250%
Jul 2025560%
Aug 20250-
Sep 2025788.9%
Oct 2025560%
Nov 2025686.7%
Dec 20252100%
Jan 20266100%
Feb 20262100%
Mar 20262100%
Apr 2026580%
May 20265100%
Jun 2026870%
Jul 20260-
Aug 20260-
Sep 20266100%
Oct 20262100%
Nov 20262100%

Busiest month: 12 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Andreas Schwab meets most

Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.

Where the meetings cluster

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Technology & digital (40), Transport & automotive (19), Consumer & retail (14)

Meetings by committee or delegation this term

Internal Market and Consumer Protection (88), Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and the European Economic Area (1), Economic and Monetary Affairs (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
4 Nov 2026L'Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCloud and AI Development Act
3 Nov 2026Japan Business Council in Europe⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCloud and AI Development Act
28 Oct 2026Verband der Automobil­industrie⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
19 Oct 2026Cloudflare⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCloud and AI Development Act
28 Sep 2026Delivery Hero SE⁠↗MemberMerger Uber/Delivery Hero
28 Sep 2026Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates⁠↗MemberCloud and AI Development Act
10 Sep 2026Iliad⁠↗; OVH Groupe⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCloud and AI Development Act
9 Sep 2026Doctolib⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCloud and AI Development Act
9 Sep 2026Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
7 Sep 2026European Data Centre Association⁠↗Shadow rapporteurCloud and AI Development Act
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
29 Jun 2026European Association Automotive Suppliers⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
15 Jun 2026Tesla Motors Netherlands B.V.⁠↗RapporteurIndustrial Accelerator Act and Automotive Omnibus
10 Jun 2026Banco Santander, S.A.⁠↗MemberDigital Euro
10 Jun 2026European Transport Safety Council⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
9 Jun 2026MARKENVERBAND Franz KallerhoffShadow rapporteurUnfair trading practices in the single market
9 Jun 2026BMW Frank NiederländerRapporteurAutomotive Omnibus
9 Jun 2026Christoph KeeseMemberRaumfahrt und Competitiveness Fund
4 Jun 2026RENAULT⁠↗; Daimler Truck AG⁠↗; AVERE - The European Association for Electromobility⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
19 May 2026BASF SE⁠↗MemberIndustrial Accelerator Act
13 May 2026Mercedes-Benz Group AG⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive Omnibus
13 May 2026MAHLE International GmbH⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
12 May 2026Ford Motor Company⁠↗; FORVIA⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
6 May 2026Airbnb Ireland UC⁠↗MemberShort-term rentals
27 Apr 2026Tyres EuropeRapporteurAutomotive omnibus
23 Apr 2026Verband der Automobil­industrie⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
23 Apr 2026Computer and Communications Industry Association⁠↗RapporteurDMA enforcement
14 Apr 2026Amazon Europe Core SARL⁠↗MemberDMA enforcement
9 Apr 2026TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
16 Mar 2026DHL Group⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus
5 Mar 2026ZF Friedrichshafen AG⁠↗; Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktien­gesellschaft⁠↗RapporteurAutomotive omnibus

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Andreas Schwab held the seat, 606 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.

90%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
551
final texts voted on
of 606
97%
voted with the EPP majority
on 546 final texts
17
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Andreas Schwab606 final votes
79%11%9%
For 476Against 67Abstained 8No vote recorded 55

With and against the group

On the 546 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Andreas Schwab also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.

Voted with the EPP majority52997%
Voted differently173%

Final texts where Andreas Schwab differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
6 October 2026With recommendations to the Commission on psychosocial risk, stress and mental health at work A10-0225/2026 · Estelle Ceulemans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
28 April 2026Applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council A9-0147/2022 · Bernd Lange · Commission proposalAgainstFor
12 March 2026The annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman in 2024 A10-0015/2026 · Bogdan Rzońca · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
10 March 2026The housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing A10-0025/2026 · Borja Giménez Larraz · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
10 March 2026Public access to documents – report covering the years 2022 - 2024 A10-0011/2026 · Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
16 December 2025The mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Sweden – EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt A10-0239/2025 · Aura Salla · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
25 November 2025The 2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget A10-0212/2025 · Marit Maij · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 October 2025Motion for a resolution on the Second World Summit for Social Development B10-0408/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 October 2025Amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2021/2116 as regards the strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain A10-0161/2025 · Céline Imart · Commission proposalAgainstFor
11 September 2025RC-B10-0372/2025 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0372/2025 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor

7 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

10 counterpart entries in Andreas Schwab's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 3 of the 10 entries; the other 7 are not listed.

Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.