Member of the European Parliament · Germany S&D
Bernd Lange
MEP for Germany · Socialists & Democrats · Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands · official EP profile
As of 8 November 2026, Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany) has declared 155 lobby meetings this term - rank 155 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.6× the average member, and it ranks 44 of 135 in the S&D group.
26% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.
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Compared with the averages
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: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 14 in Feb 2025.
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| Month | Meetings | Linked |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 2 | 100% |
| Aug 2024 | 4 | 25% |
| Sep 2024 | 7 | 37.5% |
| Oct 2024 | 13 | 23.5% |
| Nov 2024 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Dec 2024 | 8 | 27.3% |
| Jan 2025 | 12 | 17.6% |
| Feb 2025 | 14 | 20% |
| Mar 2025 | 13 | 17.6% |
| Apr 2025 | 8 | 11.1% |
| May 2025 | 6 | 14.3% |
| Jun 2025 | 6 | 20% |
| Jul 2025 | 2 | 0% |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2025 | 2 | 50% |
| Oct 2025 | 5 | 10% |
| Nov 2025 | 9 | 50% |
| Dec 2025 | 6 | 11.1% |
| Jan 2026 | 3 | 25% |
| Feb 2026 | 8 | 33.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 6 | 42.9% |
| Apr 2026 | 2 | 66.7% |
| May 2026 | 2 | 50% |
| Jun 2026 | 7 | 28.6% |
| Jul 2026 | 4 | 16.7% |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | - |
| Sep 2026 | 0 | - |
| Oct 2026 | 0 | - |
| Nov 2026 | 0 | - |
Busiest month: 14 declared in February 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.
Who Bernd Lange meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Embassy China | 4 |
| US Mission | 4 |
| Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs | 3 |
| Business Europe | 3 |
| Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft | 2 |
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
Transport & automotive (15), Chemicals & manufacturing (8), Technology & digital (8)
Meetings by committee topic this term
International Trade (153)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 | Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India; Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 8 Jul 2026 | National Assembly of Vietnam; National Diet of Japan | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Permanent Delegation of Türkiye to the EU | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 1 Jul 2026 | industriAll European Trade Union↗ | Committee chair | IAA |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Department of Trade, Industry and Competition of the Republic of South Africa | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 22 Jun 2026 | EU-Australia Business Council | Committee chair | General exchange |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Oldenburgische Industrie- und Handelskammer | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin↗ | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Mission of Mexico to the EU | Committee chair | General exchange |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Nordex SE↗ | Committee chair | IAA |
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| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2026 | Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources of the Republic of Korea | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 14 May 2026 | Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V.↗ | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 12 May 2026 | Embassy of Tunisia | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 29 Apr 2026 | C&A Mode GmbH&Co.KG European Branded Clothing Association The Partners Beratungsgesellschaft mbH; TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE↗ | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Robert Bosch GmbH↗ | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Offshore Wind Foundations Alliance↗ | Member | General exchange of views |
| 23 Mar 2026 | International Labour Organisation | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 17 Mar 2026 | ZVEI e.V. - Verband der Elektro- und Digitalindustrie↗ | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Olin | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Spotify↗ | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Embassy of Vietnam; Deutsche Außenhandelskammer in China | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization of the Republic of Moldova | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Embassy of China; Nexperia↗; Robert Bosch GmbH↗; XPeng European Holding B.V.; Cisco Systems Inc.↗ | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 12 Feb 2026 | US Mission to the EU | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Bruegel; Amcor↗ | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources of the Republic of Korea | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs↗; Mission of Mexico to the EU | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Mission of Brazil to the EU | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Mission of Canada to the EU; A self-employed foreign policy advisor with a special focus on India | Committee chair | General exchange of views |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Business Europe | Committee chair | General Exchange of Views |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Bernd Lange 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 544 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Bernd Lange 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.
Final texts where Bernd Lange differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 October 2026 | A European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign… A10-0237/2026 · Hilde Vautmans · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | For | Abstained |
| 30 April 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… A10-0088/2026 · Carlo Fidanza · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 10 March 2026 | Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges A10-0019/2026 · Axel Voss · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 16 December 2025 | Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia A10-0230/2025 · Hana Jalloul Muro · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 8 October 2025 | Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain… A10-0164/2025 · André Rodrigues · Commission proposal | Against | For |
| 8 May 2025 | C10-0044/2025 - Commission proposal | For | Against |
| 23 October 2024 | The Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 A10-0008/2024 · Victor Negrescu and Niclas Herbst · Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) | For | Against |
| 19 September 2024 | RC-B10-0022/2024 - Joint motion for a resolution (subject not given in the vote record) RC-B10-0022/2024 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | Against |
Unlinked but matchable
18 counterpart entries in Bernd Lange's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “HHLA” - likely Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (2 counterpart entries)
- “Assemblée des Exportateurs de Türkiye Bureau de liaison de Bruxelles” - likely Assemblée des Exportateurs de Türkiye Bureau de liaison de Bruxelles (1 counterpart entry)
- “BDI” - likely Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (1 counterpart entry)
These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 4 of the 18 entries; the other 14 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.