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Bernd Lange, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Germany S&D

Bernd Lange

MEP for Germany · Socialists & Democrats · Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany) has declared 96 lobby meetings this term - rank 230 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 62 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

28% 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 51%.

96
declared meetings
current term
443
records since 2019
full dataset
28%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
230/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
62/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Bernd Lange, this term
96
Parliament average
85
S&D average
113

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 September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 9 in Nov 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2024: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 2 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 7 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 6 declared meetingsJune 2025: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 5 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 6 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 3 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 8 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 9 declared in November 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Bernd Lange meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs3
Business Europe3
Embassy of China3
US Mission3
Bruegel2

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

Most-met sectors

Transport & automotive (8), Business federations & chambers (5), Chemicals & manufacturing (5)

Meetings by committee topic

International Trade (94)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
15 Jul 2026Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India; Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and IndustryCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
8 Jul 2026National Assembly of Vietnam; National Diet of JapanCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
2 Jul 2026Permanent Delegation of Türkiye to the EUCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
1 Jul 2026industriAll European Trade Union Committee chairIAA
30 Jun 2026Department of Trade, Industry and Competition of the Republic of South AfricaCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
22 Jun 2026EU-Australia Business CouncilCommittee chairGeneral exchange
17 Jun 2026Oldenburgische Industrie- und HandelskammerCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
11 Jun 2026Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin Committee chairGeneral exchange of views
11 Jun 2026Mission of Mexico to the EUCommittee chairGeneral exchange
14 May 2026Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V. Committee chairGeneral exchange of views
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
12 May 2026Embassy of TunisiaCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
29 Apr 2026C&A Mode GmbH&Co.KG European Branded Clothing Association The Partners Beratungsgesellschaft mbH; TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE Committee chairGeneral exchange of views
28 Apr 2026Robert Bosch GmbH Committee chairGeneral exchange of views
30 Mar 2026Offshore Wind Foundations Alliance MemberGeneral exchange of views
23 Mar 2026International Labour OrganisationCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
17 Mar 2026ZVEI e.V. - Verband der Elektro- und Digitalindustrie Committee chairGeneral exchange of views
10 Mar 2026Spotify Committee chairGeneral exchange of views
5 Mar 2026Embassy of Vietnam; Deutsche Außenhandelskammer in ChinaCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
26 Feb 2026Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization of the Republic of MoldovaCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
25 Feb 2026Embassy of China; Nexperia ; Robert Bosch GmbH ; XPeng European Holding B.V.; Cisco Systems Inc. Committee chairGeneral exchange of views
12 Feb 2026US Mission to the EUCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
11 Feb 2026Bruegel; Amcor Committee chairGeneral exchange of views
10 Feb 2026Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources of the Republic of KoreaCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
5 Feb 2026Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs ; Mission of Mexico to the EUCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
4 Feb 2026Mission of Brazil to the EUCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
3 Feb 2026Mission of Canada to the EU; A self-employed foreign policy advisor with a special focus on IndiaCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
29 Jan 2026Business EuropeCommittee chairGeneral Exchange of Views
28 Jan 2026Embassy of China; Permanent Delegation of Türkiye to the EUCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views
13 Jan 2026The Swedish Trade Union Confederation Committee chairGeneral exchange of views
18 Dec 2025Embassy of the Republic of KoreaCommittee chairGeneral exchange of views

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Bernd Lange held the seat, 537 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.

92%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
487
final texts voted on
of 537
99%
voted with the S&D majority
on 485 final texts
7
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Bernd Lange537 final votes
82%8%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 485 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.

Voted with the S&D majority47899%
Voted differently71%

Final texts where Bernd Lange differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
30 April 2026A10-0088/2026 – Carlo Fidanza – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
10 March 2026A10-0019/2026 – Axel Voss – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 December 2025A10-0230/2025 – Hana Jalloul Muro – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 October 2025A10-0164/2025 – André Rodrigues – Commission proposalAgainstFor
8 May 2025C10-0044/2025 - Proposition de la CommissionForAgainst
23 October 2024A10–0008/2024 – Victor Negrescu, Niclas Herbst – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)ForAgainst
19 September 2024RC-B10-0022/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst

Unlinked but matchable

9 counterpart entrys in Bernd Lange's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

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.